ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,971, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to CREO MEDICAL Ltd. (Chepstow, Great Britain).
"Electrosurgical resector tool" was invented by George Christian Ullrich (Anglesey, Great Britain), Christopher Paul Hancock (Chepstow, Great Britain) and Louis Turner (Chepstow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical resector tool comprising: an energy conveying structure for carrying radiofrequency electromagnetic energy and/or microwave electromagnetic energy; a tool tip mounted at a distal end of the energy conveying structure, wherein the tool tip comprises a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw comprises a first p...