Patents by Inventor Meghan R. Tighe

Meghan R. Tighe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190099209
    Abstract: An end effector of an electrosurgical device may include a fluid discharge port, a fluid aspiration port, and at least two electrodes, in which the electrodes are disposed on a surface of a body of the end effector. The end effector body may include channels fluidically coupled to the fluid discharge port. The end effector body may also include channels to receive the electrodes. The electrodes may be helically wound about the end effector body. The electrodes may interdigitate. An electrosurgical device may include the end effector which is fluidically, mechanically, and electrically coupled to a handle assembly by a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly may be bendable and assume a bent configuration upon the application of a force orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly may retain the bent configuration until the application of a countering force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: David A. Witt, David C. Yates, Jeffrey D. Messerly, Meghan R. Tighe, Monica L. Rivard, Chad P. Boudreaux, Cory G. Kimball, Frederick E. Shelton, IV