US Patent Issued to Standard Bariatrics on Oct. 6 for "Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,761, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Standard Bariatrics Inc. (Cincinnati).

"Tissue monitoring electrosurgical instruments and methods of using the same" was invented by Adam R. Dunki-Jacobs (Cincinnati), Jonathan R. Thompson (Cincinnati), Robert T. Means III (Cincinnati) and Trevor J. Barton (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical surgical instrument comprising an end effector, the end effector comprising an anvil; a cartridge operably configured to house a plurality of staples; a blade assembly comprising a blade; at least one electrode coupled to the blade, wherein the at least one electrode is in electrical...