ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,957, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).
"Ablation device for attachment to an endoscope" was invented by Dillon McCarthy (Bearnafunshin, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ablation device including a body having a lumen for receiving a distal end of an endoscope, a cover portion extending from a side of the body, the cover portion defining a recess between the cover portion and the body, and an electrode platform having at least one electrode positioned thereon, the electrode platform movable between a covered position, where the at least one electrode is covered by the cover ...