A protective mouth assembly for covering a patient's lips and adjacent skin or intraoral mucosa to help reduce or prevent tissue injury during surgical procedures, the protective mouth assembly includes an inner portion, an outer portion, and a base portion such that the base portion spaces the inner portion from the outer portion to form an open cavity or channel therebetween.

An RF ablation cannula includes a cannula shaft; an active tip as part of, or coupled to, the cannula shaft; a cannula hub coupled to the cannula shaft, the cannula hub including at least a first cannula contact and a second cannula contact, wherein the first cannula contact is electrically coupled to the active tip; and a wire extending along the cannula shaft and attached to the active tip or cannula shaft to form a thermocouple, wherein the wire is electrically coupled to the second cannula contact. As an addition to, or an alternative to, the cannula contacts, the cannula hub can include a connector with connector pins or contacts coupled to the active tip and wire.

A uterine fibroid tissue removal device includes an inner tube disposed within an outer tube and configured to be translated and rotated relative to the outer tube, and a separately formed unitary distal tip member attached to a distal end of the inner tube, such that the distal tip member translates and rotates relative to the outer tube along with the inner tube, wherein a distal facing open cutting end of the distal tip member in fluid communication with an axial lumen of the distal tip member translates across a tissue resection window in a sidewall of the outer tube so as to sever tissue extending therethrough, the distal tip member axial lumen being in fluid communication with an axial lumen of the inner tube, wherein an outer diameter of the distal tip member is greater than an outer diameter of the inner tube.