US Patent Issued to Northgate Technologies on Oct. 14 for "System and method to evoke smooth muscle response during surgery" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,265, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Northgate Technologies Inc. (Elgin, Ill.).

"System and method to evoke smooth muscle response during surgery" was invented by Albert Yung-Hsiang Huang (Houston) and Jeffrey Paul Castleberry (Longmong, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smooth muscle stimulation device is intended for use with any one of a variety of electrosurgical units (ESU's) of the type used in tissue resection and other procedures that risk damage to non-target tissues. The smooth muscle stimulation devices typically include an enclosure with stimulation circuitry configured to generate a stimulatory electrical signal ...