Patent ID: 7815636

Claim:
A tissue affecting surgical device, comprising: a shaft having proximal and distal ends and extending from a handle housing; a tissue affecting electrically conductive tip disposed within the distal end of the shaft; and an elongate electrically conductive connector having a distally extending arm in contact with the conductive tip and a proximally extending arm configured to contact an electrically conductive contact; wherein movement of the conductive tip and the conductive connector longitudinally along the shaft to a first position causes the proximally extending arm on the conductive connector to disconnect from an electrically conductive contact adapted to communicate with an electrical energy source, and movement of the conductive tip and the conductive connector longitudinally along the shaft to a second position causes the proximally extending arm on the conductive connector to contact the conductive contact such that energy can be delivered from the energy source through the conductive contact to the conductive tip, wherein the conductive tip has a blunt distal end.