ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,063, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Apyx Medical Corp. (Clearwater, Fla.).

"Electrosurgical apparatus with flexible shaft" was invented by Shawn D. Roman (Safety Harbor, Fla.), Fredrik Jonsson (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Bradley A Rentschler (New Port Richey, Fla.), Himanshu K Bhatt (Tampa, Fla.) and Tyler W Stewart (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical apparatus is provided including a connector, a flexible shaft, and a distal tip. The connector may further be coupled to an electrosurgical generator and gas supply. The distal tip of the electrosurgical apparatus may be grasped by a grasping tool, su...