ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,264, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INSIGHTFUL INSTRUMENTS INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Systems for incising tissue" was invented by Michael Wiltberger (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Dan Andersen (Menlo Park, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elongate electrode is supported between two arms and configured to flex and generate plasma to incise tissue. Each of the arms is configured to penetrate tissue with the electrode supported therebetween to form a pocket with an incision. Each arm may comprise a distal tip shaped to penetrate tissue, and an internal curved structure such as a track is shaped to allow the electrode to slide ...