ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,066, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Electrosurgical forceps for grasping, treating, and/or dividing tissue" was invented by Kelley D. Goodman (Erie, Colo.), David Michael Keffeler (Niwot, Colo.), Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, Colo.), Jennifer E. Lee (Parker, Colo.), Robert F. McCullough Jr. (Boulder, Colo.), Daniel W. Mercier (Erie, Colo.) and Grant T. Sims (Lakewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife configured for use with an electrosurgical forceps having curved jaw members and a method of manufacturing the same. The knife includes a distal body having an inner side and an outer side, a...