ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,151, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Jaw assembly for an electrosurgical forceps" was invented by Grant T. Sims (Boulder, Colo.), Kelley D. Goodman (Erie, Colo.), Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, Colo.), Robert F. McCullough Jr. (Boulder, Colo.), Daniel W. Mercier (Erie, Colo.) and Jennifer L. Rich (Parker, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jaw member of an electrosurgical forceps includes an electrically conductive plate including a peripheral edge and a flange extending vertically relative to the rest of the peripheral edge of the tissue-contacting plate, an insulative spacer including a periphera...