Patent ID: 6800077
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A cautery surgical device comprising:a surgical forceps including a pair of elongate arms being joined for resilient compressible movement between a normally open position, wherein said arms are disposed in aligned, substantially parallel spaced-apart relation and a squeezed closed position; said pair of elongate arms each include; (i) an electrode tip for applying electrical energy to tissue, wherein said electrode tips are disposed in abutting relationship when said surgical forceps is arranged in said squeezed closed position, each of said pair of arms further including respective spaced apart free ends and a receptacle extending back along each arm from said free end; (ii) a heat pipe for conducting heat away from said electrode tip wherein said heat pipe comprises an evaporator portion having an end and a first diameter, wherein said electrode tip is mounted to said evaporator end, and a condenser portion spaced away from said evaporator end, and that transitions from said first diameter to at least one smaller diameter section; and (iii) a socket having said first diameter and a longitudinal blind hole that is sized so as to receive said smaller diameter section of said condenser portion so that said heat pipe and said socket comprise a substantially constant outer diameter when assembled to one another, and a catch for releasably engaging said receptacle.