US Patent Issued to Alpfa Medical on June 16 for "Apparatus and methods for tumor ablation" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,606, issued on June 16, was assigned to Alpfa Medical Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Apparatus and methods for tumor ablation" was invented by Raju Viswanathan (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to catheter devices for therapy delivery in tumor treatment applications. In some embodiments, a catheter device includes a shaft defining a lumen, and a needle device disposed in the lumen, the needle device having a distal portion that includes an exposed electrical conductor, where the distal portion of the needle device is configured to be extended out of the lumen. The need...