ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,504, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DIXI Neurolab Inc. (Crown Point, Ind.).

"Configurable multi-polar RF ablation probe" was invented by John Thomas Gale (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and Ronald Leon Kurtz (Manotick, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lesion control system includes a radio-frequency (RF) generator that produces RF energy having a predetermined frequency and power; a controller comprising a microprocessor; a multi-polar RF ablation probe having a plurality of electrical contacts; a plurality of RF input lines electrically coupled to an output terminal of the RF generator; a plurality of RF output lines, each RF outp...