US Patent Issued to TriAgenics on June 30 for "Ablation probe systems" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,421, issued on June 30, was assigned to TriAgenics Inc. (Redmond, Ore.).

"Ablation probe systems" was invented by Leigh E. Colby (Lino Lakes, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablation probe tip 100 having a shaft 102 with an insertion end 104 and an annular aperture 120 near the insertion end 104. A center of ablation 124 is located within the shaft 102 and surrounded by the annular aperture shaft 102. The ablation probe tip 100 may be part of an ablation probe system 50 that includes an ablation source 60 that provides ablation means 62 to the ablation probe tip 100. The center of ablation 124 is a focal region from which the...