US Patent Issued to Covidien on May 26 for "Systems and methods of cooling surgical instruments" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,059, issued on May 26, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods of cooling surgical instruments" was invented by Kathy E. Rooks (Boulder, Colo.) and Eric W. Larson (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid cooling system for cooling a microwave antenna includes an energy source configured to supply microwave energy to a microwave antenna for ablating tissue, a fluid source, a centrifugal pump, and a cooling member coupled to the centrifugal pump and configured to contact the tube to cool fluid flowing through the tube."

The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2019, under Application No. 16/710,026. ...