US Patent Issued to Covidien on Feb. 17 for "System and method for determining a device-specific operating configuration for a microwave generator" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,276, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"System and method for determining a device-specific operating configuration for a microwave generator" was invented by Joseph D. Brannan (Lyons, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave generator includes a microwave signal generator configured to deliver a microwave signal to a microwave instrument coupled to the microwave generator and a generator controller storing a plurality of resistance value indicators. A device ID reader is configured to measure a resistance of the coupled microwave instrument. The generator controller is configured to compare t...