US Patent Issued to Medtronic Europe Sarl on Sept. 1 for "Electrosurgical device and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,669, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Medtronic Europe Sarl (Tolochenaz, Switzerland).

"Electrosurgical device and methods" was invented by Neil Godara (Milton, Canada), Jason Woo (Mississauga, Canada) and Emily Won (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical probe with internal cooling for use in systems and methods for lesioning in bone and other tissue is disclosed. The probe includes a distal electrical insulator, a proximal electrical insulator, a distal electrical conductor defining a distal electrode with a closed distal end and a proximal electrical conductor defining a proximal electrode, the distal electrod...