ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,064, issued on July 1, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).
"Adjustable clamp systems and methods" was invented by Dwight P. Morejohn (Davis, Calif.), Tamer Ibrahim (Danville, Calif.), Michael J. Banchieri (Discovery Bay, Calif.) and Ara Stephanian (Davis, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tissue treatment systems include an actuator handle assembly coupled with a clamp assembly having a first jaw mechanism and a second jaw mechanism. A first jaw mechanism includes a first flexible boot, a first flexible ablation member coupled with the first flexible boot, and a first rotatable jawbone disposed within the first flexible b...