US Patent Issued to Gyrus Medical on March 25 for "Monopolar plasma coagulation radial antenna tip design" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,972, issued on March 25, was assigned to Gyrus Medical Ltd. (Cardiff, Great Britain).

"Monopolar plasma coagulation radial antenna tip design" was invented by Anthony Atwell (Newport, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monopolar ionisable gas plasma coagulation applicator includes: an elongate shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and defining a hollow inner volume and a longitudinal axis of the applicator; an applicator tip mounted on the distal end of the elongate shaft, wherein the applicator tip defines an aperture extending parallel to the longitudinal axis; and an electrode extending through the inne...