ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,583, issued on July 21, was assigned to Panacea Spine LLC (Orlando, Fla.).
"Electrocautery rhizotomy using wanding of energized electrocautery probe" was invented by Ara Deukmedjian (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cautery probe is provided for performing a rhizotomy through an incision in the body of a patient. The probe includes a rigid shaft that can be inserted through an incision, and a distal cutting tip that can be energized and wanded across a target nerve. In embodiments, the probe also includes connectors for attaching a syringe, drawing medication into the syringe, and dispensing medication from the syringe ...