Smoke evacuation electrosurgical pencil with adjustable electrode and vent tube

[0041]Embodiments of the present disclosure are now described in detail with reference to the drawings in which like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding elements in each of the drawings. The embodiments may be combined in any manner consistent with the functionality of the apparatus and / or method disclosed herein. As used herein, the term “clinician” refers to a doctor, a nurse or any other care provider and may include support personnel. Throughout this description, the term “proximal” will refer to the portion of the device or component thereof that is closer to the clinician and the term “distal” will refer to the portion of the device or component thereof that is farther from the clinician. The terms “substantially equal to” or “substantially the same” denote that two values are within ±5% of each other. Additionally, in the drawings and in the description that follows, terms such as front, rear, upper, lower, top, bottom, and similar directional terms are use