ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,802, issued on April 22, was assigned to CooperSurgical Inc. (Trumbull, Conn.).
"Positioning method and apparatus for delivering vapor to the uterus" was invented by Donnell William Gurskis (Belmont, Calif.), Robert Bilgor Peliks (San Francisco), Hugh Edward Magen (Belmont, Calif.), Roxanne Daniels (San Francisco) and Steven Robert Bacich (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine ablation device into the uterus, expanding a distal anchor, inflating a proximal balloon to pull the distal anchor proximally a...