ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,439, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MicroCube LLC (Fremont, Calif.).
"Methods and devices for applying energy to bodily tissues" was invented by Chun Yiu Chu (Oakland, Calif.), Ketan Shroff (Pleasanton, Calif.), Dinesh I. Mody (San Jose, Calif.), Clarence Emmons (Capitola, Calif.) and Amrish J. Walke (Milpitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for treating tissue with microwave energy used in applications such as destroying a soft tissue by microwave ablation and/or creating point, line, area or volumetric lesions. Various embodiments of flexible, low-profile devices are also disclosed where such device can...