Patent ID: 8832927

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a surgical antenna, comprising the steps of: providing a trocar screw adapted to receive a conductor at the proximal end thereof; electrically bonding a conductor to the trocar screw; positioning the trocar screw into a mold configured to overmold a puck thereupon; injecting puck material into the mold; allowing the puck material to set to form a puck assembly; releasing the puck assembly from the mold; providing a trocar adapted at the proximal end thereof to couple to the trocar screw; electrically coupling the trocar to the trocar screw to form a distal radiating section; providing a proximal antenna member adapted at the distal end thereof to couple to the puck assembly; and coupling the proximal antenna member to the puck assembly such that the conductor passes longitudinally through the proximal antenna member and exits at a proximal end thereof.