ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,262, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Power-controlled waveform in electrosurgical systems" was invented by Kester Julian Batchelor (Mound, Minn.), Maureen D. Busche (Cokato, Minn.) and Wayne Williams (Penarth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to controlling electrical power of an electrotherapeutic signal that is provided to a biological tissue engaged by an electrosurgical instrument during a medical procedure. Electrical power-a product of a voltage difference across and an electrical current conducted by the engaged biological tissue-is c...