US Patent Issued to SMADE on Feb. 10 for "Device for surgical instrument, having sensors for the storage of information" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. RE50,788, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SMADE S.A.S. (Lyons, France).

"Device for surgical instrument, having sensors for the storage of information" was invented by Patrick Joseph Khalife (Rang du Fliers, France), Francois Hassane (Merlimont, France), Xavier Leroy (Campigneulles les Petites, France) and Laurent Pruvost (Neufchatel Hardelot, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a device for a surgical instrument, including at least one sensor, a circuit for controlling and processing signals coming from the at least one sensor, a memory for storing information coming from the circuit, and a radio inter...