US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on Feb. 18 for "Capacitive coupled return path pad with separable array elements" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,151, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Capacitive coupled return path pad with separable array elements" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Cameron R. Nott (Fairfield, Ohio), Tamara S. Widenhouse (Clarksville, Ohio) and Jason L. Harris (Lebanon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A return pad of an electrosurgical system is disclosed. The return pad includes a plurality of conductive members and a plurality of sensing devices. The conductive members are configured to receive radio frequency current applied to a patient. The sensing ...