US Patent Issued to Cilag GmbH International on May 13 for "Electrosurgical instrument with fluid diverter" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,644, issued on May 13, was assigned to Cilag GmbH International (Zug, Switzerland).

"Electrosurgical instrument with fluid diverter" was invented by David A. Witt (Maineville, Ohio), Frederick E. Shelton IV (Hillsboro, Ohio), David C. Yates (Morrow, Ohio), Chad P. Boudreaux (Cincinnati), Eric M. Roberson (Lebanon, Ohio), Kevin L. Houser (Springboro, Ohio) and Geoffrey S. Strobl (Williamsburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include a discharge port in communication with a first fluid path, an aspiration port in communication with a second fluid path, a first and second electrode, a...