US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 28 for "Electrosurgical pencil with smoke evacuation and electrode visualization" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,912, issued on July 28, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical pencil with smoke evacuation and electrode visualization" was invented by Jenna Dancy (Longmont, Colo.), Stephen G. Harmon (Erie, Colo.), Kelsey S. Fitzgerald (Superior, Colo.), James H. Bodmer (Longmont, Colo.), Jason T. Sanders (Longmont, Colo.), Hannah M. Ginsberg (Westminster, Colo.), Clifford D. Owens (Denver) and Tony G. Moua (Thornton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical pencil includes a handle housing defining a fluid lumen and a central longitudinal axis. A nozzle defines a fluid lumen in fluid communication with the...