US Patent Issued to Medtronic Europe Sarl on Feb. 10 for "Access and ablation system and method for use thereof" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,126, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Medtronic Europe Sarl (Tolochenaz, Switzerland).

"Access and ablation system and method for use thereof" was invented by Calin Druma (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access and radio-frequency (RF) ablation system and method for use thereof is provided. The access and RF ablation system can include an RF ablation probe, a stylet, a cannula, a needle, and a drill. The method of using the access and radio-frequency ablation system can include inserting portions of a combined stylet into a patient's body to create a pathway therethrough and position a distal end of the stylet a...