US Patent Issued to Expandoheat on Oct. 21 for "Laparoscopic and open surgery end effector jaw structure and method" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,951, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Expandoheat LLC (Atlantic Heights, N.J.).

"Laparoscopic and open surgery end effector jaw structure and method" was invented by Gennady I Kleyman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a working end of a surgical instrument for delivering heat energy to tissue and (RF) energy for cutting tissue of different modalities. The working end includes paired first and second metal jaw members movable between open and closed positions, with each jaw member defining a jaw body and jaw end-effecter for engaging and heating tissue for the sealing of the tissue or vessels, or welding an...