US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Oct. 27 for "Surgical system and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,227, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Surgical system and methods" was invented by Alan Cheng (Golden Valley, Minn.), Jian Cao (Shoreview, Minn.) and Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical method treats infections on a lead positioned at least partially within a patient's body. The surgical method includes uncoupling the lead from a pulse generator. The lead is then coupled to an ultrasound wave generator. Ultrasound waves are propagated from the ultrasound wave generator through the lead. Systems are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2024, under Applicati...