ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,972, issued on July 29, was assigned to MINERVA SURGICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for endometrial ablation utilizing radio frequency" was invented by Akos Toth (Cupertino, Calif.) and Ronald Hundertmark (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and devices for endometrial ablation. In accordance with a method, a working end of an RF ablation device is positioned in a patient uterus to contact endometrial tissue, the working end comprising a dielectric wall capable of non-expanded and expanded shapes. An indicator mechanism is operatively coupled to the wall and configured to indicate n...