US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 7 for "Electrosurgical forceps including energized cutting element" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,663, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical forceps including energized cutting element" was invented by John A. Hammerland III (Arvada, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure of a surgical instrument configured for thermally cutting tissue. The structure includes a frame and a thermal cutting element. The frame includes a proximal flange portion and a distal body portion. The distal body portion includes a proximal section extending from the proximal flange portion, a distal section, and a center section extending between the proximal and distal sections. The distal body portion i...