US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 22 for "Thermal cutting assembly with conductive bridge" (Colorado, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,822, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Thermal cutting assembly with conductive bridge" was invented by James D. Allen IV (Boulder, Colo.), Kenneth E. Netzel (Boulder, Colo.), William E. Robinson (Boulder, Colo.) and Craig C. Sundberg (Erie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal cutting assembly for a jaw member includes a substrate having a cutting edge disposed along an upper surface thereof. An insulator is disposed along the sides of the substrate and extends therealong. A first and second resistive elements connect to an energy source and are disposed in thermal communication on either ...