US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Sept. 2 for "Electrosurgical device with illumination and smoke evacuation features" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,931, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carringtwohill, Ireland).

"Electrosurgical device with illumination and smoke evacuation features" was invented by Laura Constance Frey (Belfast, Ireland), Conor Mac An Tuile (Muine Bheag, Ireland), Scott McFarland (Greenisland, Ireland), Paul Sheridan (Wexford, Ireland) and Micheal Burke (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, an electrosurgical device includes a housing defining an interior bore. The electrosurgical device also includes a shaft telescopically moveable in the interior bore of the housing. The shaft includes an optical wave...