ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,955, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).

"Electrosurgical device power cable" was invented by Richard J. Curtis (Corcoran, Minn.), William F. Kratoska (Plymouth, Minn.), Jeffrey Nelson (Plymouth, Minn.), Theodore C. Blus (Arden Hills, Minn.), Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Mark Kroll (Dresser, Wis.) and Charles Wood (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical device: (a) power cable comprising: (i) a primary lead that connects to a first pole of an AC power source and (ii) one or more auxiliary leads; wherein the power cable includes a dual core having the primary...