HOOK-ELECTRODE FOR VIDEOLAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: medical equipment, applicable for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. SUBSTANCE: the device is made in the form of a hook-electrode, whose one end has a connector for connection to the electrosurgical unit through a cable. The other, working, end has an insulating coating over the entire surface, except the cutting one, bent in the form of letter "L". The working end is additionally bent directly before the cutting section of the hook in the plane perpendicular to the plane of the "L"-shaped bent of the hook cutting section. EFFECT: enhanced convenience of use of the instrument. 3 dwg