Patent ID: 9168092
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A monopolar electrosurgical device adapted for use in performing operative procedures, the monopolar electrosurgical device comprising: a main body having a connection end and a working end, the working end having a proximal end adjacent the connection end, a distal end opposite the connection end, a first major surface, a second, opposing major surface, a first side joining the first major surface and the second, opposing major surface, a second, opposing side joining the first major surface and the second, opposing major surface, and at least one of the first side and second, opposing side forming one or more working surfaces adapted to be applied to patient tissue for performing operative procedures thereupon, at least one of the one or more working surfaces extending between the proximal end and the distal end of the working end; and an electrically insulative sheath disposed around at least a portion of the working end such that the sheath covers at least a first portion of the at least one of the one or more working surfaces and leaves exposed a second portion of the at least one of the one or more working surfaces, at least a portion of the connection end extending proximally out of the sheath, the sheath having a leading edge that extends away from the working end at the at least one of the one or more working surfaces such that the junction between the leading edge and the at least one of the one or more working surfaces forms a generally obtuse angle, the leading edge being in generally uniform contact with the first major surface, the second, opposing major surface, the first side, and the second, opposing side of the working end such that substantially no void exists between the leading edge and the first major surface, the second, opposing major surface, the first side, and the second, opposing side of the working end.