US Patent Issued to Bolder Surgical on March 24 for "Electrosurgical sealer and divider" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,460, issued on March 24, was assigned to Bolder Surgical LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical sealer and divider" was invented by Joseph D. Bucciaglia (Boulder, Colo.), Dale Schmaltz (Fort Collins, Colo.), Jenifer Kennedy (Boulder, Colo.), Casey Kuchta (Boulder, Colo.), Andrew Christoffersen (Commerce City, Colo.) and Christopher Deborski (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument has a movable tissue cutting mechanism, a shaft housing at least a portion of the movable tissue cutting mechanism, and a pair of opposing jaws rotatable relative to the shaft. Each jaw has an electrically conductive core me...