ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,939, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TAU MEDICAL INC. (Busan, South Korea) and PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Devices and methods for treating lung tumors" was invented by June Hong Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RF (radiofrequency) ablation catheter device having a flexible shaft, a distal end, an inflatable balloon mounted on the shaft, having a portion of the flexible shaft that is distal to the inflatable balloon and an RF electrode located on the distal segment of the shaft. A device and method of treating a tumor in a patient having a liquid conductive...