ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,189, issued on May 20, was assigned to Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC (Minneapolis).

"Energized corers with energized internals" was invented by Roger D. Greeley (Portsmouth, N.H.), Bradley W. Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.), Xiaoming Cheng (Keller, Texas), Amy Bradley (Westford, Mass.), Yeung Chow (Longmont, Colo.), Anjali Dhiman (Commerce City, Colo.), Yahia Laouar (Superior, Colo.), Prakash Manley (Arvada, Colo.), Martin Masson (Keller, Texas), Molly Ann Megna (Denver), Katherine M. Puckett (Denver) and Wade Schutte (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical device including an elongated body extending from a proximal portion...