ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,940, issued on March 31, was assigned to OLYMPUS WINTER & IBE GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Testing device for an electrosurgical generator" was invented by Jelle Dijkstra (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A testing device for an electrosurgical generator, including a first connection port and a second connection port for connecting the testing device to a patient circuit of the electrosurgical generator and including an apparatus for producing a direct voltage between the first connection port and the second connection port. The testing device is characterized in that an HF current path of the patient circuit, running from the fir...