ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,467, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Multiple mode electrosurgical device" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Eric G. Tate (Maple Grove, Minn.), Theodore C. Blus (Arden Hills, Minn.), Richard J. Curtis (Corcoran, Minn.) and Nikhil M. Murdeshwar (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical device having first and second poles; blade electrode with a metal shim having two opposing faces and one or more facets, a nonconductive coating which covers at least the faces and a portion of the facets of the metal shim, while a distal portion of the one or m...