ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,909, issued on April 1, was assigned to CREO MEDICAL Ltd. (Chepstow, Great Britain).
"Electrosurgical instrument" was invented by George Christian Ullrich (Angelsey, Great Britain), David Edward Webb (Bangor, Great Britain), Christopher Paul Hancock (Chepstow, Great Britain) and Malcolm White (Chepstow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument for delivering pressurised fluid to a biological tissue, and for delivering radiofrequency electromagnetic energy and/or microwave frequency EM energy to the biological tissue. The electrosurgical instrument comprises a flexible shaft with an instrument tip con...