US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 27 for "Electrosurgical instruments including a jaw angle detection system" (Nevada, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,648, issued on May 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical instruments including a jaw angle detection system" was invented by Gregory W. Fischvogt (Reno, Nev.), Jenna Dancy (Longmont, Colo.) and Hayden W. May (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument includes an elongated shaft, an end effector, a drive shaft, and a switch assembly. The end effector is coupled to a distal end portion of the elongated shaft and includes opposing first and second jaw members. The end effector is configured to move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The drive sha...