ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,579, issued on July 21, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Thermal management of an electrosurgical generator" was invented by Jens Kruger (Zeuthen, Germany) and Stefan Schiddel (Stahnsdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical generator for operating an electrosurgical instrument is characterized by a control device which is adapted to control a cooling device at least with a first control curve and a second control curve, wherein the first control curve is used to control the rotational speed of the cooling device depending on the monitored temperature during a first operating mode o...