MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202444063659 A) filed by Olympus Winter & Ibe Gmbh, Hamburg, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2024, for 'electrode for handheld electrosurgical instrument.'

Inventor(s) include Hanke, Harald.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention provides an electrode with which electrosurgical treatment can be performed in a reliable and safe manner even in the presence of metallic elements in the area to be treated. For this purpose, it is provided that an electrode (16) for an electrosurgical handheld instrument consists of an electrically conduct...