US 11,717,338 B2
Bipolar dissector
Javier Garcia-Bengochea, Jacksonville, FL (US); and John Souza, Monroe, NC (US)
Assigned to JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/566,419.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/729,306, filed on Sep. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0078086 A1, Mar. 12, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1445 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00339 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00446 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00565 (2013.01); A61B 2018/126 (2013.01); A61B 2218/002 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bipolar dissector comprising:
a handle includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the handle is actuatable by squeezing;
a housing extending from and coupled to the distal end of the handle;
a shaft coupled to the proximal end of the handle and extending past the distal end of the handle and through the housing to a distal end of the housing, the shaft comprising:
a first electrical line extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft;
a second electrical line extending from a proximal end of the shaft to a distal end of the shaft; and
an insulating material electrically insulating the first electrical line and the second electrical line from each other and from the handle and the housing; and
a pair of forceps comprising a first tine and a second tine, the first tine extending from the first electrical line at the distal end of the shaft at the distal end of the housing and the second tine extending from the second electrical line at the distal end of the shaft at the distal end of the housing;
wherein squeezing the handle, while coupled to the shaft at the proximal end, causes the handle to elastically deform to extend at the distal end towards the pair of forceps and push the housing axially with respect to the shaft towards the pair of forceps.