Patent ID: 8460291

Claim:
An electrosurgical suction coagulator, comprising: a housing having proximal and distal ends and a substantially malleable elongated tube-like shaft extending longitudinally from the distal end thereof, the elongated tube-like shaft including: a tube-like dielectric sheath; a tube-like electrode disposed coaxially through the tube-like dielectric sheath and configured to operably couple to a source of electrosurgical energy, the tube-like electrode being adapted at the proximal end thereof to operably couple to a source of suction; and an electrically conductive distal tip mechanically coupled to a distal end of the tube-like electrode and in electrical communication therewith, the electrically conductive distal tip being configured to provide electrosurgical energy to tissue and protrude at least partially from a distal end of the tube-like shaft, the electrically conductive distal tip having at a distal end thereof at least one aspiration port defined therein and being made from a material having less thermal conductivity than the tube-like electrode such that the electrically conductive distal tip impedes the propagation of thermal energy in a proximal direction from the distal end of the tube-like shaft.