US Patent Issued to AtriCure on May 26 for "Surgical clamp" (Ohio, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,071, issued on May 26, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Surgical clamp" was invented by Salvatore Privitera (Mason, Ohio), Kenneth Lance Miller (Hamilton, Ohio), Melissa Deitzer (Cincinnati), Douglas J. Seith (Tampa, Fla.), Akiva Kirschner (Cincinnati), Sydney Gaynor (Cincinnati) and Kurtis Klingenberg (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical devices and related methods are disclosed. An example surgical device may include an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, the end effector comprising a head, the head comprising an articulating mechanism, the articulating mechanism being operable to move a f...