ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,758, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG (Muhlheim an der Donau, Germany).

"Control device, electrosurgical instrument and method for controlling an electrosurgical instrument" was invented by Lukas Martin (Freiburg, Germany) and Sebastian Herr (Freiburg i. Breisgau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device (1) for an electrosurgical instrument (2), in particular a high-frequency sealing instrument, including a fixed handle part (3), a movable handle part (4), an activation element (5) for activating a current flow, in particular a first type, preferably a sealing current, whe...