ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,959, issued on June 2, was assigned to AGNES MEDICAL Co. LTD (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Microblade for electrostimulation" was invented by Gunyoung Ahn (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hyuck Ki Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microblade for electrostimulation for use in a skin treatment procedure, includes a tip portion formed to be gradually reduced in outer diameter toward a tip and a body portion extending outward from the rear end of the tip portion and having a constant outer diameter. The tip portion includes a first tip edge portion formed by a pair of first tip inclined surfaces, a second tip edge...