U.S. Patent 7828794 was awarded to Covidien AG on 2010-11-09 and describes a “Handheld electrosurgical apparatus for controlling operating room equipment.” This patent has been cited 272 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A system and apparatus for controlling operating room equipment during an electrosurgical procedure is disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator, a controller in electrical communication with and configured to control the electrosurgical generator and at least one operating room device, and a handpiece having a housing and a cable extending proximally from the housing providing electrical connection to the controller, the handpiece further includes first controls for controlling the generator and second controls for controlling at least one operating room device. Link: U.S. Patent 7828794

This patent was originally filed on 2005-08-25 which gives it a processing time of 1902 days, compared to an average processing time of 1942 in the field. Covidien AG has 395 total patents. The first named inventor is Joe Sartor of Longmont, CO. The assistant examiner was Samuel Candler.

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