US Patent Issued to Covidien on June 3 for "Step-down coaxial microwave ablation applicators and methods for manufacturing same" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,135, issued on June 3, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Step-down coaxial microwave ablation applicators and methods for manufacturing same" was invented by Joseph D. Brannan (Lyons, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microwave ablation applicators and methods for manufacturing the microwave ablation applicators are disclosed. A microwave ablation applicator includes a feed-line segment, a step-down segment, and a radiator base segment. The feed-line segment includes a first inner conductor, a first dielectric disposed on the first inner conductor, and a first outer conductor disposed on the first dielectric. The ste...