ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,068, issued on Dec. 30.
"Surgical cautery and cutting device" was invented by George S Ferzli (Staten Island, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive surgical instrument combines a cautery tool and knife tool for performing operative actions, including tissue destruction, coagulation, dissection, and transection. An elongated body has a channel extending in a longitudinal direction to a distal end. The knife tool is situated in the channel and movable along the channel. The cautery tool includes a conductor electrically coupled to a cautery tip. The cautery tip includes a resistive element with a through opening in a...