US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 26 for "Electrosurgical instruments for controlling thermal damage" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,783, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical instruments for controlling thermal damage" was invented by Weijiang Ding (Shanghai), Jianjiang Chen (Shanghai), Daniel A. Joseph (Golden, Colo.), Kai Liu (Shanghai), William H. Nau Jr. (Longmont, Colo.), Arlen K. Ward (Centennial, Colo.) and William R. Whitney (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector assembly includes a first jaw member having a first tissue contact surface and a second jaw member having a second tissue contact surface. The second jaw member is pivotally coupled to the first jaw member. The tissue contact s...