of claim elements or use of a u201c negative u201d limitation last it is to be appreciated that unless defined otherwise all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs the electrosurgical device of the present embodiments may have a variety of configurations as described above however at least one variation of the embodiments described herein employs a treatment device using coblation u00ae technology as stated above the assignee of the present invention developed coblation u00ae technology coblation u00ae technology involves the application of a high frequency voltage difference between one or more active electrode s and one or more return electrode s to develop high electric field intensities in the vicinity of the target tissue the high electric field intensities may be generated by applying a high frequency voltage that is sufficient to vaporize an electrically conductive fluid over at least a portion of the active electrode s in the region between the tip of the active electrode s and the target tissue the electrically conductive fluid may be a liquid or gas such as isotonic saline blood extracelluar or intracellular fluid delivered to or already present at the target site or a viscous fluid such as a gel applied to the target site when the.