US 11,684,702 B2
Gap control in electrosurgical instruments using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
Derek Eilers, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Filed by Conmed Corporation, Utica, NY (US)
Filed on May 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 15/930,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,325, filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0368401 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61L 31/10 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 31/10 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1445 (2013.01); A61L 31/048 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0013 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0063 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00136 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1467 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrosurgical device, comprising:
a pair of jaws;
at least one electrode supported by one of the pair of jaws; and
a sheet of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene positioned in covering relation to at least a portion of the at least one electrode, wherein the sheet has a porosity of between thirty and ninety percent.