ELECTROSURGICAL APPARATUS INVOLVING USE

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
ARTHRO-FLEX	ELLIQUENCE	2455 Grand Ave. Baldwin NY 11510	Electrosurgical apparatus involving the use of radio-frequency energy for the performance of electrosurgical procedures, and accessories therefor, namely, electrosurgical hand pieces and electrodes for connection to the hand pieces;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Methods and apparatus employed in surgery involving making precise incisions in vessels of the body, particularly cardiac blood vessels in coronary revascularization procedures conducted on the stopped or beating heart are disclosed. Such incisions are created by applying an elongated electrosurgical cutting electrode to the outer surface of the vessel wall in substantially parallel alignment with the body vessel axis, the elongated electrosurgical cutting electrode having a predetermined cutting electrode length exceeding the cutting electrode width. RF energy is applied between the electrosurgical cutting electrode and the ground electrode at an energy level and for a duration sufficient to cut an elongated slit through the vessel wall where the elongated electrosurgical cutting electrode is applied to the surface of the vessel wall.