US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 20 for "Vapor ablation systems and methods" (Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,615, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Vapor ablation systems and methods" was invented by Roger Noel Hastings (Naples, Fla.), Mark Schrom (Forest Lake, Minn.), Steven Carlson (St. Paul, Minn.), Michael Hoey (Shoreview, Minn.), Timothy D. Byland (Plymouth, Minn.), Karliam C. Woo (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Brian A. Bachmeier (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor delivery needle is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the energy delivery probe is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, dam...