US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on July 8 for "Electrosurgical instrument with electrodes operable in bipolar and monopolar modes" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,961, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Electrosurgical instrument with electrodes operable in bipolar and monopolar modes" was invented by Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Messerly (Cincinnati), Kevin M. Fiebig (Cincinnati) and Taylor W. Aronhalt (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument comprising an end effector is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw comprises a first electrode. The end effector is movable from an open configuration to a closed configuratio...