IP Library Granted Patent US 6,494,881
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US 6,494,881 · App. 08/940,665

Apparatus and method for electrode-surgical tissue removal having a selectively insulated electrode

Inventors: Thomas O. Bales, Jr., Michael Calhoun, Robert Sixto, Jr., John E. Abele
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Granted: Dec 17, 2002 Filed: Sep 30, 1997
Inventors
Thomas O. Bales, Jr.
Michael Calhoun
Robert Sixto, Jr.
John E. Abele
Assignee (at issue)
Scimed Life Systems, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 6,494,881
App. No.
08/940,665
Filed
1997-09-30
Granted
2002-12-17
Kind
B1