ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,417, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill County, Ireland).

"Electrosurgical electrodes, electrosurgical tools, and methods of making electrosurgical electrodes" was invented by Jesper Schantz Simonsen (Jyderup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, an electrode includes an elongated body, a conductive layer, and an insulator layer. The elongated body includes a first conductive material and extends in an axial direction from a proximal end to a distal end. The proximal end is configured to receive electrosurgical energy from the electrosurgical tool. The elongated body in...