US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on Sept. 9 for "Cooled chokes for ablation systems and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,980, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Cooled chokes for ablation systems and methods of use" was invented by Serena H. Wong (Los Altos, Calif.) and Joseph D. Bogusky (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system for tissue ablation comprises an energy transmission member, an antenna body coupled to the energy transmission member, a fluid source, and a choke member including a choke body and a choke connector electrically coupling the choke body to the energy transmission member. The choke connector is in direct contact with fluid from the fluid source an...