Granted Patent
Utility
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
Patented Case
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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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