US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics on Jan. 13 for "Electrosurgical device" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,172, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Electrosurgical device" was invented by Christopher J. Lynn (Austin, Texas) and Johnson E. Goode (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an electrosurgical device including a handle at a proximal end and an elongate shaft coupled to the handle and extending distally from the handle. The device also includes a distal working end, including a return electrode and an active electrode supported by an insulative spacer, the insulative spacer separating the return and active electrod...