Patent ID: 8795265

Claim:
An electrosurgical system for generating a plasma stream on a surgical site of a patient, the system comprising: an electrosurgical generator, coupled to an electrical power source, that generates electrosurgical energy; a plasma generator including at least first and second gas conduits with an electrode disposed within each of the first and second gas conduits, each electrode operatively coupled to the electrosurgical generator to selectively receive electrosurgical energy therefrom, the electrosurgical energy supplied to each electrode having a predetermined phase shift relative to each other, wherein the electrodes at least partially ionizes a carrier gas fed to the at least first and second gas conduits to create a single plasma discharge; and a flow controller coupled to the at least first and second gas conduits to moduate the rate of the carrier gas from a gas source to the at least first and second gas conduits such that the plasma discharge scans the surgical site without moving the plasma generator.