US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 8 for "Electrosurgical instruments and systems including thermal cutting elements" (Minnesota, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,933, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical instruments and systems including thermal cutting elements" was invented by Yanzhu Zhao (Blaine, Minn.) and Daniel A. Joseph (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument includes an end effector assembly including first and second jaw members. At least one of the first or second jaw members is movable relative to the other from a spaced-apart position to an approximated position to grasp tissue therebetween. A thermal cutting wire is disposed on at least a portion of at least one of the first or second jaw members. ...