US Patent Issued to Erbe Elektromedizin on June 17 for "Cutting electrode, surgical instrument and method for manufacturing the cutting electrode" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,440, issued on June 17, was assigned to Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH (Tuebingen, Germany).

"Cutting electrode, surgical instrument and method for manufacturing the cutting electrode" was invented by Johannes Koerner (Wangen im Allgaeu, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a cutting electrode for a surgical instrument. The method involves starting with a material blank that is provided with a rated break location. The material blank is dimensioned to allow for separation with forces sufficiently low that they can also be transmitted by the plastic body. The rated break location separates the material blank in ...