ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,162, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Z Surgical LLC (Los Angeles).

"Multi-functional surgical cautery device, system and method of use" was invented by Gabriel Zada (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cautery device, system, and method of use may apply bipolar and/or sesquipolar electrocautery to target tissue via a pair of instruments with other primary surgical functions. The surgical cautery device and system may include first and second elements capable of forming an electrical circuit. The second element may be independently positionable with respect to the first element. The first and second elements may als...