Cautery device having a variable temperature cautery tip

Claim 1

A variable temperature cauterizing device comprising a housing containing power supply means having a first terminal and a second terminal; an electrically heatable cautery tip extending from said housing and having a first terminal means and a second terminal means, said first terminal means electrically connected to the first terminal of said power supply means; a resistive element electrically connected to the second terminal means of said cautery tip; a conductor means having a first end and a second end, said first end electrically connected to the second terminal of said power supply means; a moveable activator means having a first end and a second end, said first end electrically connected to the second end of said conductor means and said second end moveable from a first position where it is not in contact with the resistive element to a second position where it contacts the resistive element and is slidable upon said resistive element so that when said activator means is in the second position to contact said resistive element a complete circuit is produced in which the power supply means will be applied to the cautery tip and when the activator means is slid along said resistive element the power applied to the cautery tip will change so as to vary the power fed to the cautery tip and thereby vary the temperature of said cautery tip.