ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,909, issued on March 25, was assigned to Multi4 Medical AB (Jonkoping, Sweden).
"Endosurgical device" was invented by Ronny Brakhya (Huskvarna, Sweden), Hannes Ulvegard (Jonkoping, Sweden), Robert Axelsson (Granna, Sweden), Miden Melle Hannah (Jonkoping, Sweden) and Noomi Altgarde (Huskvarna, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-functional endosurgical device (1) comprises a tube (3), an end effector (21), and a device operating part (4). The tube (3) several lengthwise extending channels (9) for supplying a liquid and suction to the end effector (21) and to apply current to perform diathermy. A slide rail assembly (5) comp...