ELECTRODE-FORCEPS Russian patent published in 1996 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment, in particular, electrosurgical devices heated by high-frequency currents. SUBSTANCE: the electrode-forceps has two branches made of electrical insulating material and connected by a plug connector, whose ends carry replaceable electrodes in the form of acute working needles installed for complete closing over the flat internal surface; each branch is provided with a longitudinal electric-coupled channel; the branches are made for complete closing over the internal surface with formation of a rectilinear configuration in section and contracting to the working needles; the internal surfaces of the branches are furnished with a fixing member made integral with the branches in the form of a shoulder on one of them, matched in shape and dimensions with the mating duct on the other; the branches are provided with a divergence limiter, and the working needles may be done in the form of triangular-shaped rod bayonets, or with ribs forming at a complete closing a triangle in cross-section with a cutting base, lateral recesses are made on the external side of the branches. EFFECT: functional abilities of the instrument. 8 cl, 10 dwg