ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,067, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Smoke evacuation instrument with illumination nozzle" was invented by Grant T. Sims (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical smoke evacuation pencil includes a handle housing, a suction conduit, an electrode, and a nozzle. The handle housing has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion and defines a lumen therethrough. The suction conduit is coupled to the handle housing and is configured to couple the electrosurgical pencil to a smoke evacuator. The electrode extends from the distal end portion of the handle housing and is config...