ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,641, issued on May 13, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Electrosurgical forceps with swivel action nerve probe" was invented by Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical forceps includes first and second shaft members each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof and configured to rotate about a pivot to move the jaw members between an open position and a closed position, the first and second shaft members defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. A nerve monitoring probe is operably associated with one of the shaft members and is selectively movable relative to th...