Patent ID: 7905882

Claim:
An electrosurgical handpiece comprising: (a) a first main body, (b) a second main body axially aligned with and coupled to the first main body, (c) a squeezable handle connected to the first and second main bodies such that, when the handle is unsqueezed, the first and second main bodies assume a first axial position relative to one another, and when the handle is squeezed, the first and second main bodies assume a second axial position relative to one another, (d) means for biasing the first and second main bodies into their first position, (e) a first member having a first end and a second end and connected to one of the first and second main bodies, (f) an active electrosurgical electrode connected to the first member and movable into an active position at the second end of the first member and connected to the other of the first and second main bodies, the electrosurgical electrode having a contact end and at least one electrically active end adjacent the second end of the first member, (g) electrical terminal means at one of the first and second main bodies and electrically connected to the electrically active end of the electrosurgical electrode, whereby, when the electrical terminal means is activated and the handle squeezed, the first and second main bodies assume their second position and the electrically active end of the electrode can be moved into its active position at the second end of the first member and is capable of supplying electrosurgical currents when applied to a patient, characterized in that: the squeezable handle comprises: (h) a first rigid arm member pivotably connected at a midpoint to the first main body and having a first arm portion extending below its pivotably-connected midpoint and a second arm portion extending above its pivotably-connected midpoint, (i) a second rigid arm member pivotably connected at a midpoint to the second main body and having a first arm portion extending below its pivotably-connected midpoint and a second arm portion extending above its pivotably-connected midpoint, (j) the second arm portions of the first and second arm members being joined together above their pivotably-connected midpoints to form a pivotable fulcrum axis.