APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PATIENT-APPARATUS CONTACT

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APP PUB NO 20090171344A1
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11964427

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Systems, apparatus and methods for monitoring contact of electrosurgical apparatus with a patient's body via a contacting monitoring unit having a plurality of contacting segments, wherein each of the contacting segments is separate from an active electrode and/or return electrode. In an embodiment, the contacting monitoring unit may sense an electrical parameter value of the contacting segments to indicate contact, or lack of contact, of each contacting segment with the patient's body.

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CUTERA INC3240 BAYSHORE BLVD BRISBANE CA 94005

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PONTIS, GEORGE Redwood City , US 15 1030

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