ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,171, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ENDOWAVE LTD. (Dublin).
"Microwave ablation probe" was invented by Giuseppe Ruvio (Dublin), Jimmy Eaton-Evans (Dublin), Simon Hogan (Dublin) and Damian Carr (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave ablation probe (100). The microwave ablation probe (100) comprises: an applicator (102) arranged to apply microwave radiation to heat surrounding tissue: a feed cable (104) arranged to supply electromagnetic energy to the applicator (102): a tubular shaft (105) arranged to house at least part of the length of the feed cable (104): a coolant flow path (106, 108) via which coolant is able to fl...