ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,622, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Innoblative Designs Inc. (Chicago).

"System for minimally invasive tissue ablation and sealing" was invented by Zachary Rzeszutek (Chicago), Tyler Wanke (Chicago), Robert F. Rioux (Ashland, Mass.), Alyssa Bailey (Chicago) and Thomas Kurth (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an ablation device having a flexible and resilient shaft that can provide fluid to the site of ablation from a plurality of different fluid sources."

The patent was filed on April 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/712,282.

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