ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,909, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to CONMED Corp. (Utica, N.Y.).
"Jaw assembly for a vessel sealer" was invented by Mason Williams (Denver), Michael Olichney (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Alyssa Spomer (Fort Collins, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jaw assembly for vessel sealing device having a pair of jaw member that are pivotally coupled together via two flanges associated with one of the jaw members and a single, centrally positioned flange associated with the other of the jaw members. The flanges include cam slots so that axial movement of a drive shaft can open and close the jaw members. The jaw members may include a knife...