Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm David J. Weitz, Wilson Sonsini. Goodrich & Rosati
  • Electrocauterizing tool for orthopedic shave devices
    Patent number: 6214001
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surgical apparatus including a surgical instrument including a housing and a cannula, and a surgical tool including a shaft and a tip, and a drive interface and an electrical interface, and the drive interface producing a surgical motion of the tip, and the electrical interface producing a cauterizing action of the tip. Also disclosed is a cutting and cauterizing device for connection to a surgical instrument. Additionally, methods for using both the surgical apparatus and the cutting and cauterizing device are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Oratec Interventions, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Casscells, Ramiro L. Reyes, Hugh R. Sharkey