Medical instrument for coagulation of tissue
View Patent ↗A medical instrument for coagulation of tissue has an electrode carrier and, at a distal end of the electrode carrier, an electrode that can be supplied with high-frequency current. The medical instrument also has a stripper arranged directly adjacent to the electrode. The stripper and the electrode can be moved relative to each other in order to remove contaminants from the electrode.
1. A medical instrument for coagulation of tissue, comprising an electrode carrier having a distal end, an electrode arranged at said distal end of said electrode carrier, and which can be supplied with high-frequency current, and a stripper arranged directly adjacent to said electrode, said stripper and said electrode being able to be moved relative to each other in order to remove contaminants from said electrode
wherein said electrode is tubular and has a tube opening a distal end of said electrode, and said stripper engages around said distal end into said tube opening.
2. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper and said electrode are movable relative to each other transverse to a longitudinal direction of said electrode carrier.
3. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper extends in a longitudinal direction of said electrode at least along a partial area of said electrode.
4. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper tapers in distal direction,
5. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper engages around said distal end of said electrode into said tube opening in hook-shaped fashion.
6. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper has a scraper edge facing towards said electrode and designed as a blade.
7. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper has two scraper edges facing towards said electrode and each designed as a blade.
8. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said stripper is blade-shaped, said stripper extending around part of a circumference of said electrode.
9. The instrument of claim 8 , wherein said stripper extends around said tubular electrode with an angle range of less than approximately 60°.
10. The instrument of claim 9 , wherein said stripper extends around said tubular electrode with an angle range of less than approximately 45°.
11. The instrument of claim 9 , wherein said stripper extends around said tubular electrode with an angle range of less than approximately 30°.
12. The instrument of claim 1 , further comprising an outer tube at whose distal end said stripper is arranged, said electrode carrier being received in said outer tube, and said electrode carrier and said outer tube being able to be rotated relative to each other.
13. The instrument of claim 12 , wherein said outer tube is rotationally fixed and said electrode carrier can be rotated relative to said outer tube.
14. The instrument of claim 1 , wherein said electrode carrier is designed as a suction tube.