ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,139, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Methods, instruments, and systems for tissue sealing" was invented by Jing Zhao (Superior, Colo.), David J. Van Tol (Boulder, Colo.), Keith W. Malang (Longmont, Colo.) and Matthew S. Cowley (Frederick, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic surgical system includes an ultrasonic instrument configured to seal a vessel and including an ultrasonically-activatable blade and a jaw member pivotably movable with respect to the blade, an endoscope configured to capture video data of a surgical site including the blade and the jaw member, and a processor conn...