ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,595, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for delivering modulated radiofrequency power to treat tissue" was invented by William Lucas Churchill (Bolton, Mass.) and Danielle Gline Allen (Derry, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for modulating delivery of radiofrequency (RF) power to tissue, the system including an RF applicator configured for being positioned adjacent to tissue, an RF generator electrically coupled to the RF applicator, and a controller operatively coupled to the RF generator. The controller includes a tissue impedance measurement circuit operatively co...