ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,122, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Bipolar forceps with vessel seal testing" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Anh Tri La (St. Louis Park, Minn.) and Andreia Chagas Munderloh (Plymouth, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forceps system for sealing a blood vessel can include a first jaw and an opposing second jaw. At least one of the first and second jaws includes at least a first electrode having first and second electrode portions that are laterally separated to permit electrical isolation between the first and second electrode portions, and the first and second e...