ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,744, issued on May 12, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Electrosurgical instrument" was invented by Monte S. Fry (Longmont, Colo.), Curtis M. Siebenaller (Frederick, Colo.), Michael C. Cullen (Chatham, N.J.), William P. Verwys (East Stroudsburg, Pa.), Anthony J. Sanzari (Wood-Ridge, N.J.) and Eric B. Carmichael (Mountain Lakes, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector assembly of a surgical instrument includes opposing first and second jaw members. A first sealing plate is positioned on the first jaw member. The first sealing plate defines a first surface facing the second jaw member. A second sealing plate ...