ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,158, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to GYRUS MEDICAL LIMITD (Cardiff, Great Britain).
"Cutting blades for bipolar surgical instruments" was invented by Marno Nagtegaal (Wales, Great Britain) and Lewis Jones (Cardiff, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substantially planar elongate cutting blade (70) for a bipolar surgical instrument (1) is disclosed. The cutting blade has first and second opposed edges and defining a longitudinal axis, and comprises a proximal end region which extends between the first and second edges over a first distance in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a distal end region de...