ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,262, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Applied Medical Resources Corp. (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.).

"Electrosurgical generator control system" was invented by Michael Nguyen (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Igor Gorin (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Joanna Pang (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for enhancing surgical outcomes by providing generators having optimal RF output for sealing, fusing and/or cutting tissue or vessels under all dynamic conditions are described. Examples of dynamic conditions may include varying tissue impedance load due to electrosurgical operations or tissue affects, any o...