US Patent Issued to Medtronic Xomed on Aug. 18 for "Systems and methods for sensorless blockage detection in a surgical fluid management system" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,704, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Xomed LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for sensorless blockage detection in a surgical fluid management system" was invented by Paul M. Louy (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Marius G. Urdareanu (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical fluid management system includes a fluid pump configured to pump fluid along a fluid flow path into or out of a surgical site, and a pump drive and control assembly operably coupled to the fluid pump. The assembly includes a stepper motor configured, in response to driving of the step motor, to provide a rotational output to dr...