EP1135073A4 - Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode - Google Patents

Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode

Info

Publication number: EP1135073A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: return electrode; electrosurgical return; reusable electrosurgical; resistive; resistive reusable
Prior art date: 1998-11-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP99935675A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1135073A1 (en

Inventor

Richard P Fleenor

David B Kieda

James D Isaacson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

MegaDyne Medical Products Inc

Original Assignee

MegaDyne Medical Products Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1998-11-30

Filing date

1999-07-20

Publication date

2003-01-15

1999-07-20 Application filed by MegaDyne Medical Products Inc filed Critical MegaDyne Medical Products Inc

2001-09-26 Publication of EP1135073A1 publication Critical patent/EP1135073A1/en

2003-01-15 Publication of EP1135073A4 publication Critical patent/EP1135073A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B18/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body
- A61B18/04—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating
- A61B18/08—Surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body by heating by means of electrically-heated probes

EP99935675A 1998-11-30 1999-07-20 Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode Withdrawn EP1135073A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US20199898A	1998-11-30	1998-11-30
US201998		1998-11-30
PCT/US1999/016223 WO2000032122A1 (en)	1998-11-30	1999-07-20	Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1135073A1 EP1135073A1 (en)	2001-09-26
EP1135073A4 true EP1135073A4 (en)	2003-01-15

Family

ID=22748161

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP99935675A Withdrawn EP1135073A4 (en)	1998-11-30	1999-07-20	Resistive reusable electrosurgical return electrode

Country Status (12)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP1135073A4 (en)
JP (2)	JP2002531162A (en)
KR (1)	KR20010075658A (en)
CN (1)	CN1256069C (en)
AU (1)	AU757953B2 (en)
BR (1)	BR9914684B1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2345270C (en)
HK (1)	HK1039886B (en)
IL (1)	IL143434A0 (en)
NZ (1)	NZ509124A (en)
WO (1)	WO2000032122A1 (en)
ZA (1)	ZA200100163B (en)

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US8231614B2 (en)	2007-05-11	2012-07-31	Tyco Healthcare Group Lp	Temperature monitoring return electrode
US8801703B2 (en)	2007-08-01	2014-08-12	Covidien Lp	System and method for return electrode monitoring
US8523853B2 (en)	2008-02-05	2013-09-03	Covidien Lp	Hybrid contact quality monitoring return electrode
US10980994B2 (en) *	2016-01-26	2021-04-20	Jens Axelgaard	Dual-sided electrode pad
US11364076B2 (en)	2019-12-12	2022-06-21	Covidien Lp	Monopolar return pad

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1999
- 1999-07-20 NZ NZ509124A patent/NZ509124A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-07-20 WO PCT/US1999/016223 patent/WO2000032122A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1999-07-20 EP EP99935675A patent/EP1135073A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-07-20 BR BRPI9914684-3A patent/BR9914684B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1999-07-20 AU AU51103/99A patent/AU757953B2/en not_active Expired
- 1999-07-20 JP JP2000584824A patent/JP2002531162A/en active Pending
- 1999-07-20 CA CA002345270A patent/CA2345270C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1999-07-20 KR KR1020017005041A patent/KR20010075658A/en active IP Right Grant
- 1999-07-20 IL IL14343499A patent/IL143434A0/en unknown
- 1999-07-20 CN CNB998138762A patent/CN1256069C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
2001
- 2001-01-08 ZA ZA200100163A patent/ZA200100163B/en unknown
2002
- 2002-02-28 HK HK02101544.7A patent/HK1039886B/en not_active IP Right Cessation
2008
- 2008-11-14 JP JP2008291980A patent/JP2009066426A/en active Pending

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US4669468A (en) *	1979-06-15	1987-06-02	American Hospital Supply Corporation	Capacitively coupled indifferent electrode
US5836942A (en) *	1996-04-04	1998-11-17	Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company	Biomedical electrode with lossy dielectric properties
WO1998018395A1 (en) *	1996-10-30	1998-05-07	Megadyne Medical Products, Inc.	Capacitive reusable electrosurgical return electrode
WO1998018396A1 (en) *	1996-10-30	1998-05-07	Megadyne Medical Products, Inc.	Reusable electrosurgical return pad

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
JP2002531162A (en)	2002-09-24
BR9914684B1 (en)	2008-11-18
CA2345270C (en)	2009-04-07
AU5110399A (en)	2000-06-19
ZA200100163B (en)	2001-08-03
CN1328433A (en)	2001-12-26
AU757953B2 (en)	2003-03-13
JP2009066426A (en)	2009-04-02
NZ509124A (en)	2003-10-31
CA2345270A1 (en)	2000-06-08
HK1039886A1 (en)	2002-05-17
IL143434A0 (en)	2002-04-21
WO2000032122A1 (en)	2000-06-08
HK1039886B (en)	2006-12-29
EP1135073A1 (en)	2001-09-26
BR9914684A (en)	2001-07-24
CN1256069C (en)	2006-05-17
KR20010075658A (en)	2001-08-09

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2001-08-10	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2001-09-26	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20010327
2001-09-26	AK	Designated contracting states	Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
2003-01-15	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20021203
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2003-01-15	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Free format text: 7A 61B 17/39 A, 7A 61B 18/16 B
2004-06-09	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20040423
2005-05-27	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2005-07-13	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20050104

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