ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,053, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwhohill, Ireland).
"Electrosurgical device and method of use" was invented by Laura Constance Frey (Belfast, Ireland), Scott McFarland (Greenisland, Ireland), Paul Sheridan (Wexford, Ireland), Micheal Burke (Cork, Ireland) and Fernando Erismann (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, an electrosurgical device includes a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, an electrosurgical electrode extending in a distal direction from the distal end of the housing, a plurality of light sources in the housing, and an optical lens ...