US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 24 for "Surgical end effector jaw and electrode configurations" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,149, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical end effector jaw and electrode configurations" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical end effector may comprise first and second jaw members. The second jaw member may comprise an offset proximal supply electrode that is positioned to contact an opposing member of the first jaw member when the first and second jaw members are in the closed position. The second jaw member may also comprise a distal supply electrode that is positioned distal of the offset proximal electrode and is al...