US 12,064,162 B2
Bovie adapter for rotational control and fixation
Javier Garcia-Bengochea, Jacksonville, FL (US); and John Souza, Sr., Monroe, NC (US)
Assigned to JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by JGMG BENGOCHEA, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/565,757.
Application 17/565,757 is a continuation of application No. 16/539,712, filed on Aug. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,213,341.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,272, filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117647 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 18/14 (2013.01) [A61B 2018/00172 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for an electrosurgical instrument, comprising:
a socket including a mounting surface, the mounting surface including:
a geometry arranged and disposed to accept a portion of a handle of the electrosurgical instrument into the socket; and
at least one retaining surface within the socket, the at least one retaining surface being arranged and disposed to interact with a conformation of the electrosurgical instrument when the socket is mounted onto the electrosurgical instrument such that the socket mounts non-rotatably onto the electrosurgical instrument; and
a stabilizer extending from the socket, the stabilizer including at least one stabilizing surface that is arranged and disposed to be positioned adjacent to an elongate rotatable portion of the electrosurgical instrument that extends from the handle of the electrosurgical instrument when the socket is mounted onto the electrosurgical instrument such that the elongate rotatable portion of the electrosurgical instrument is inhibited from rotating.