ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,939, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Electrosurgical device, methods of making an electrosurgical device, and methods of using an electrosurgical device" was invented by Vladimir Zagatsky (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an example, an electrosurgical device includes a housing defining an interior bore. The electrosurgical device also includes a shaft telescopically moveable in the interior bore of the housing, an electrosurgical blade coupled to the shaft, and a helical conductor coiled around the shaft and configured to supply electrosurgical energy from an electrosurgical generat...