ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,527, issued on July 1, was assigned to Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing UnLtd. Co. (Dublin).

"System having energy delivering thermocouple assemblies" was invented by Roman Turovskiy (San Francisco) and Maria Veronica Larios (East Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems having energy delivering thermocouple assemblies for achieving neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, is directed to a treatment device having a therapeutic assembly that includes an elongated tubular shaft having a pre-formed spiral shape when in a deployed state (e.g., a radiall...