US 12,251,156 B2
Electrosurgical device
Michael J. Miller, Depew, NY (US); and Samantha Bonano, Williamsville, NY (US)
Assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed by Buffalo Filter LLC, Lancaster, NY (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,564.
Application 17/851,564 is a continuation of application No. 15/669,267, filed on Aug. 4, 2017, granted, now 11,406,445.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/370,995, filed on Aug. 4, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323141 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/1482 (2013.01) [A61B 18/1402 (2013.01); A61M 1/741 (2021.05); A61B 2018/00571 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0072 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0091 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 18/1442 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for surgical procedures, the apparatus comprising:
a body comprising a longitudinal axis and an electrical wire maintained within the body extending along the longitudinal axis, the body defining a hollow tube having a passageway, a fluid inlet at a distal end, and a fluid outlet at a proximal end, the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are fluidly connected by the passageway;
an electrode extending from a distal end of the body operably coupled to the electrical wire, the electrode with the electrical wire operable to conduct a flow of current at a plurality of levels;
a first button arranged on an external surface of the body, the first button operable for selecting the flow of current at each one of the plurality of levels through the electrical wire and the electrode from the plurality of levels, wherein the first button comprises an audio indicator operable to indicate which one of the plurality of levels is selected by the first button; and
a second button arranged on the external surface of the body adjacent the first button, the second button operable activate and deactivate the flow of current to the electrode at the level selected by the first button from the plurality of levels.