US Patent Issued to Aulea Medical on March 17 for "Surgical device and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,875, issued on March 17, was assigned to Aulea Medical Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).

"Surgical device and methods" was invented by George Chao-chih Hsu (San Ramon, Calif.), Steve Duddy (San Mateo, Calif.) and George Surjan (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for performing electrosurgical tissue resections, such as transurethral resection of the include motor-driven cutters which drive both a shaft of the cutter and a cutter electrode, either or selectively. The systems often include controllers which coordinate movements of the shaft, electrodes, and other external components. The apparatus may include integrate...