ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,156, issued on March 18, was assigned to Buffalo Filter LLC (Lancaster, N.Y.).
"Electrosurgical device" was invented by Michael J. Miller (Depew, N.Y.) and Samantha Bonano (Williamsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented are an apparatus, method and electrosurgical device for surgical procedures. An exemplary apparatus includes a body comprising a longitudinal axis and an electrical wire maintained within the body extending along the longitudinal axis, and an electrode extending from a distal end of the body operably coupled to the electrical wire, the electrode with the electrical wire operable to conduct a flow of cur...