ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,668, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Edina, Minn.).
"Impedance stoppage mitigation during radiofrequency tissue ablation procedures" was invented by Brian W. Donovan (San Jose, Calif.) and Alexander Pruitt (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for preventing, mitigating, or reducing the occurrence of impedance-related stoppages during radiofrequency procedures, such as intraosseous nerve or basivertebral nerve ablation procedures for treatment or prevention of back pain or other tissue ablation, stimulation, or other modulation or modification procedures are described."
The ...