US Patent Issued to AtriCure on June 16 for "Pericardiotomy devices and related methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,601, issued on June 16, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Pericardiotomy devices and related methods" was invented by Christopher Widenhouse (Mason, Ohio), Jacob Luisi (Cincinnati) and Rachel Lauren Budke (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrosurgical pericardiotomy devices are disclosed. An example electrosurgical pericardiotomy device configured to create an opening through a pericardium may include an end effector comprising a tip portion and at least one electrosurgical electrode. The tip portion may include an opening configured to engage a target portion of a pericardium, and the tip portion may be confi...