ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,940, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to I.C. Medical Inc. (Phoenix).

"Ultrapolar electrosurgery blade and ultrapolar electrosurgery pencil" was invented by Ioan Cosmescu (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrapolar electrosurgery blade and an ultrapolar electrosurgery pencil. The ultrapolar electrosurgery blade has a non-conductive planar member with opposing planar sides, a cutting end, and an opposite non-cutting end, first active and return electrodes located on one opposing planar side, and second active and return electrodes located on the other opposing planar side."

The patent was filed on Sept. 2, 2022, under Applic...