ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,063, issued on May 26, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Motion sensing electrosurgical devices" was invented by James E. Dunning (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical system may include an electrosurgical generator configured to generate electrosurgical energy; and an electrosurgical instrument coupled to the electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical instrument may include a motion and/or position sensor, where the electrosurgical generator is configured to control the electrosurgical energy based on a sensor signal from the sensor."
The patent was filed on May 12, 2022, under Applicat...