US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 15 for "Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with movable electrode and related systems and methods" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,369, issued on July 15, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Bipolar electrosurgical instrument with movable electrode and related systems and methods" was invented by Joe D. Sartor (Longmont, Colo.), David N. Heard (Boulder, Colo.) and Arlen K. Ward (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical device is provided that includes a handset having a shaft extending therefrom, a pair of active electrodes at a distal end of the shaft, and a movable, electrically floating electrode selectively positionable between the active electrodes. The floating electrode, when positioned to contact tissue between the...