ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,913, issued on June 10, was assigned to Grand Decade Developments Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
"Method and device for treating microscopic residual tumors remaining in tissues following surgical resection" was invented by Paul Goldfarb (San Diego) and Dietmar Rabussay (Solana Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention concerns treating apparently normal tissue surrounding sites of cancerous tumors so as to reduce both the probability of a recurrence of cancer at and near the site of a cancerous tissue, and to reduce the amount of apparently healthy tissue that is usually excised along with the tumor, thereby providin...