ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,587, issued on June 17, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Electrosurgical instrument with a functional element" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Riyad Moe (Madison, Wis.) and Huisun Wang (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical assembly that includes one or more electrodes, and one or more AC conductors electrically connecting the one or more electrodes to a power source that is configured to generate and output an AC power signal to the one or more electrodes via the one or more AC conductors. A rectifier is electrically connected to the one or more AC conducto...