US Patent Issued to Covidien on Nov. 11 for "Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical generator" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,416, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for controlling power in an electrosurgical generator" was invented by Jennifer R. McHenry (Denver), Alexander M. Waskiewicz (Lafayette, Colo.), Anthony D. Ricke (Boulder, Colo.), Rebecca J. Coulson (Lyons, Colo.) and Jessica E. C. Olson (Frederick, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electrosurgical systems and corresponding methods of the present disclosure involve an electrosurgical generator, sensing circuitry, and a controller. The electrosurgical generator includes a radio frequency (RF) output stage that supplies power to tissue. ...