US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 30 for "Adapter and methods for coupling a surgical handpiece to a control console" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,911, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Adapter and methods for coupling a surgical handpiece to a control console" was invented by Adam D. Downey (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Jason J. Wroblewski (Portage, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter configured to receive a drive signal from a control console and to provide the drive signal to an ultrasonic surgical handpiece. The adapter includes a receptacle for receiving the ultrasonic surgical handpiece and providing the drive signal to the ultrasonic surgical handpiece. The adapter includes a module for detecting a presence of the ultrasonic surgi...