ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,426, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CREO MEDICAL Ltd. (Chepstow, Great Britain).
"Electrosurgical instrument" was invented by Christopher Paul Hancock (Bath, Great Britain), Patrick Burn (Chepstow, Great Britain) and Pallav Shah (Chepstow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical instrument having a radiating tip with enhanced flexibility. In a first aspect, this is achieved by shaping the dielectric material in the radiating tip to facilitate bending of the radiating tip. In a second aspect, this is achieved by forming a dielectric body and outer sheath of the radiating tip as separate parts, to enable movem...