US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 9 for "Systems and methods for sealing and dissecting tissue using an electrosurgical forceps including a thermal cutting element" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,970, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for sealing and dissecting tissue using an electrosurgical forceps including a thermal cutting element" was invented by James D. Allen IV (Broomfield, Colo.), John A. Hammerland (Arvada, Colo.), William E. Robinson (Boulder, Colo.), Daniel A Joseph (Golden, Colo.), Michael B. Lyons (Boulder, Colo.) and Ken Netzel (Loveland, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for treating tissue includes determining whether tissue is present between first and second jaw members. In a case where it is determined that tissue is present between the fi...