US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Nov. 18 for "RF ablation systems and methods including a cannula with contacts or a connector" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,985, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"RF ablation systems and methods including a cannula with contacts or a connector" was invented by Kevin Peng Wang (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An RF ablation cannula includes a cannula shaft; an active tip as part of, or coupled to, the cannula shaft; a cannula hub coupled to the cannula shaft, the cannula hub including at least a first cannula contact and a second cannula contact, wherein the first cannula contact is electrically coupled to the active tip; and a wire extending along the cannula shaft and attached t...