ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,504, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Surgical systems and methods for facilitating tissue treatment" was invented by Ulrich Spaelter (Schoellbronn, Germany), Matthias Paulisch (Roggwil, Switzerland), Fabian Huegle (March, Germany), Rose Riemer (Langendorf, Switzerland), Alexis Christen (Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland), Andreas Wiederkehr (Biel, Switzerland), Katja Stucki (Baden, Switzerland), Pierre-Luc Sylvestre (Grenchen, Switzerland), Subash K. Mannanal (Grenchen Mahwah, N.J.) and Chulho Pak (Mahwah, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating tissue of a p...