US Patent Issued to Stryker on April 22 for "System and methods for controlling patient leakage current in a surgical system" (Michigan, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,397, issued on April 22, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"System and methods for controlling patient leakage current in a surgical system" was invented by Adam Darwin Downey (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Patrick Cobler (Nashua, N.H.) and Scott Rhodes (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control consoles and methods for supplying a drive signal to a surgical tool are provided. The control console comprises a transformer with primary and secondary windings. The primary winding receives an input signal from a power source and induces the drive signal in the secondary winding to supply the drive signal to the surgica...