ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,827, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Expandoheat LLC (Hoboken, N.J.).
"Method and end effector for tissue ablation" was invented by Gennady I Kleyman (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end effector structure provided for an ablation apparatus, optionally having a covering balloon structure made from a compliant material such as rubber like materials, as for example silicone, including an antenna to emit microwave energy for cavity ablation that is covered with microwave energy absorbing and heat radiating material so that when end effector inserted into the body cavity, the balloon is filled up with liquid and bal...