US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on May 13 for "Devices and methods for ablation of tissue" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,651, issued on May 13, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Devices and methods for ablation of tissue" was invented by David R. Holmes Jr. (Rochester, Minn.), Samuel J. Asirvatham (Rochester, Minn.) and Christopher V. DeSimone (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions, hypertension, and other medical disorders are described. For example, this document describes devices and methods for treating atrial fibrillation by performing thoracic vein ablation procedures, including pulmonary vein myocardium ablation. In some embo...