US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Aug. 11 for "Apparatus and method for delivery and monitoring of ablation therapy" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,474, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Apparatus and method for delivery and monitoring of ablation therapy" was invented by John B. Allison (San Jose, Calif.), Celina Escobedo (San Jose, Calif.), Jean-Luc Pageard (Montreal) and Brian Pedersen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are provided for monitoring and controlling tissue ablation using RF energy delivered by an imaging ablation catheter under direct visualization, using the control and modulation of a set of ablation parameters based on direct optical imaging of the tissue surface via the imaging a...