ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,775, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Pulse Biosciences Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Apparatuses and methods for limiting load current in nanosecond pulsed power sources" was invented by Chaofeng Huang (San Jose, Calif.), Gregory P. Schaadt (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Kenneth R. Krieg (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are apparatuses and methods for applying high voltage, high current, sub-microsecond (e.g., nanosecond range) pulsed output to a biological material, e.g., tissues, cells, etc., while preventing damage from load arcing. Some of the apparatuses and methods described herein may limit the load an...