US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 15 for "Knife drive assembly for electrosurgical shears" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,371, issued on July 15, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Knife drive assembly for electrosurgical shears" was invented by Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes an end effector, a handle assembly, and a knife drive assembly. The end effector includes a pair of jaws, a knife, and an RF electrode assembly. The knife actuates between a pre-fired position and a fired position. An arm of the handle assembly is configured to pivot the second jaw between the open position and the closed position. The knife drive assembly includes an input assembly, a rotary as...