Patent ID: 6562036
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A unipolar electrosurgical electrode for performing a rhinoplasty medical procedure, comprising:(a) an electrically-conductive shaft member having a first end for mounting to a handpiece and a second end, said first end having a longitudinal direction, (b) said second end comprising a generally Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portion extending in the longitudinal direction and terminated at its ends by an unbent thin straight active wire portion extending transverse to the longitudinal direction, (c) said transverse active wire portion being exposed electrically over its full length for applying electrosurgical currents to nasal cartilage tissue when said shaft member is connected to a source of electrosurgical currents, (d) the Y-shaped or U-shaped wire-supporting portions extending up to the transverse exposed wire portion being electrically-insulating to prevent contact and passage of electrosurgical currents to areas adjacent to or surrounding the tissue to be treated.