US Patent Issued to Fractyl Health on Aug. 26 for "Ablation systems, devices and methods for the treatment of tissue" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,777, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Fractyl Health Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Ablation systems, devices and methods for the treatment of tissue" was invented by Jay Caplan (Boston), Philip S. Levin (Storrs, Conn.), Andrew Coats (Somerville, Mass.), Harith Rajagopalan (Wellesley Hills, Mass.), Mark A. Manasas (Lexington, Mass.) and J. Christopher Flaherty (Nottingham, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for ablating target tissue of a patient with an ablative fluid is provided. An elongate shaft includes a proximal portion and a distal portion, and at least one fluid delivery element is attached to the distal portion. The...