US Patent Issued to Gyrus ACMI on July 7 for "Bipolar electrosurgical instruments" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,910, issued on July 7, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Bipolar electrosurgical instruments" was invented by Wayne Williams (Penarth, Great Britain) and Lewis Jones (Cardiff, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipolar surgical instrument comprises a body first and second opposed jaws located at the distal end of a shaft, the first jaw being movable with respect to the second jaw between an open position in which the first and second jaws are spaced apart from one another, and a closed position in which the first and second jaws are adjacent one another. The first and second elongate jaw members have r...