ELECTROSURGICAL SCALPEL Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: the electrosurgical scalpel has a handle with a blade secured in it, the blade base is made of sapphire, material with high strength and heat-conducting properties. The blade is sharpened with formation of a cutting edge. A multiregion heating element and a temperature-sensitive microelement provided with external electric insulation are located on different lateral sides of the base along the cutting edge. The heating element is connected to the outputs of the multi-channel temperature controller via the respective regions. The temperature- sensitive microelement is connected to the inputs of the temperature controller via a multi-channel meter-transducer. EFFECT: enhanced accuracy and uniformity of temperature control over the entire length of the blade. 3 cl, 3 dwg, 1 ex