US Patent Issued to Intuitive Surgical Operations on April 21 for "Electrosurgical generator control using dynamic process variables" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,197, issued on April 21, was assigned to Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Electrosurgical generator control using dynamic process variables" was invented by Forrest R. Lundstrom (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Rajeshwari Srinivasan (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical system includes an RF output stage configured to impart RF power between first and second electrodes; measurement circuitry measures current and voltage imparted between the first and second electrodes; a processing circuit calculates power and impedance, based upon the measured current and the measured voltage; the proc...