US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Feb. 17 for "Devices, systems, and methods for energy-based treatment of synovial joints and other fluid-filled spaces" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,260, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Devices, systems, and methods for energy-based treatment of synovial joints and other fluid-filled spaces" was invented by Andrew J. Cleland (St. Paul, Minn.), Kyle W. Dahlstrom (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Martin G. Hieb (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Darrell J. Swenson (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and Yanzhu Zhao (Blaine, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system includes a surgical generator and at least one energy delivery device. The surgical generator includes at least one energy output stage configured to deliver energy, a controller configured to control the energ...