US Patent Issued to Relign on Oct. 20 for "Arthroscopic devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,910, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Relign Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Arthroscopic devices and methods" was invented by Jeff Norton (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Simon Malkevich (Gilroy, Calif.) and Aaron Germain (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiofrequency (RF) device for treating tissue in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid includes an outer tube, an inner tube, a wire tube, an electrode, and a wire. The outer tube forms a bend located proximate a distal end. Each of the inner tube and the wire tube extends from the proximal end of the outer tube to the distal end of the outer tube. Tire inner t...