ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,491, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).
"Surgical electrode assembly with focal point projection" was invented by Eric D. McLeish (Bonita Springs, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly for an electrosurgical ablator may include an insulator having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The insulator may include a rim forming a distal extent of the distal end portion and an aperture disposed in the distal end portion. An electrode is disposed in the aperture and forms a cavity having a profile shape recessed from the distal end portion toward the proximal end portion. The elec...