US Patent Issued to Varian Medical Systems on April 7 for "Ablation probes including flexible circuits for heating and sensing" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,113, issued on April 7, was assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Ablation probes including flexible circuits for heating and sensing" was invented by Hongxuan Zhang (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe for performing an ablation treatment includes a shell defining an outer surface and a cryogen supply conduit positioned in the shell. The probe also includes a flexible circuit positioned on at least a portion of the outer surface of the shell. The flexible circuit includes at least one radio frequency (RF) emitter for delivering RF energy to a target tissue."

The patent was filed on June 21, ...