ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,624, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Antenna systems and methods of use" was invented by Serena H. Wong (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system for tissue ablation includes an energy transmission member, a conductive hollow coil member coupled to the energy transmission member, and a fluid cooling system coupled to the conductive hollow coil member for providing a flow of cooling fluid through a member lumen of the conductive hollow coil member for cooling the conductive hollow coil member. In some examples, at least one of the antenna body, a cho...