ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,647, issued on May 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Electrosurgical forceps" was invented by Grant T. Sims (Boulder, Colo.), Kelley D. Goodman (Erie, Colo.), Craig V. Krastins (Arvada, Colo.), Robert F. McCullough Jr. (Boulder, Colo.), Jennifer L. Rich (Parker, Colo.) and Daniel W. Mercier (Erie, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector of an electrosurgical forceps includes a first jaw member, a second jaw member, and a cap. The first jaw member has a pivot pin extending inwardly from an inner lateral side thereof. The second jaw member is pivotably coupled to the pivot pin. The cap couples the first ...