US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Sept. 9 for "Handswitch and connector for powered surgical handpiece" (Irish, American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,904, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Handswitch and connector for powered surgical handpiece" was invented by Conor Mac An Tuile (Muine Bheag, Ireland), Krishnamurthy Belagali (Bangalore, India), Aidan Raftery (Ballinasloe, Ireland), Michael Moloney (Carrick-On-Suir, Ireland) and Dustin James Payne (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handswitch (50) for a powered surgical handpiece (54) comprises a mounting base (62), a lever (70), a spring, a run-safe switch (68) and a lever extension. The mounting base defines a pivot axis. The elongated lever defines a ...