ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,151, issued on March 18.
"Diathermy tonsillectomy suction dissector apparatus" was invented by Hayder Ridha (Dubbo, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Diathermy tonsillectomy suction dissector apparatus has a body having a proximal handle, a distal curved tip and a diathermy cutting blade member slidably retained within the body to selectively extend from the tip. The diathermy cutting blade member comprises a flexible metallic blade comprising a proximal electrical connector socket and a hand operable electrically insulative position locking mechanism attached to the blade. The locking mechanism is hand operable via apertures...