ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,751, issued on June 24, was assigned to Aulea Medical Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.).
"Surgical device and methods" was invented by George Chao-chih Hsu (San Ramon, Calif.) and Csaba Truckai (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system for treating targeted tissue in a fluid-filled working space includes a probe having an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a working end. A tissue-receiving window formed in the working end opens to a passageway in the elongated shaft, and a motor moves an electrode across the tissue-receiving window to resect tissue. A radiofrequency (RF) current source is coupled to the ...