ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,147, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for ablation using surgical clamps" was invented by Raju Viswanathan (Mountain View, Calif.) and Gary L. Long (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for electroporation ablation therapy are disclosed, with the device including a first jaw including a plurality of first electrodes and a second jaw including a plurality of second electrodes. The first jaw and the second jaw may be substantially rigid, elongate, and collectively define a longitudinal axis. The first jaw and the seco...