ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,216, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to CANYON MEDICAL INC. (Jiangsu, China).

"Microwave ablation needle head and microwave ablation needle" was invented by Weizhong Wang (Jiangsu, China) and Long Long (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave ablation needle head and a microwave ablation needle are provided. The microwave ablation needle head comprises an outer tube, a cooling tube provided within and spaced apart from the outer tube, a coaxial cable, and an electrode. The outer tube comprises a first and a second branch tube sequentially provided from the outer tube's distal end to proximal end. The first branch tu...