US Patent Issued to Relign on July 15 for "Arthroscopic devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,377, issued on July 15, was assigned to Relign Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Arthroscopic devices and methods" was invented by Simon Malkevich (Gilroy, Calif.) and Aaron Germain (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bipolar radiofrequency (RF) device for treating tissue in the presence of an electrically conductive fluid includes a headpiece and a probe. The handpiece has a motor drive, a receiving channel, and an active electrical contact on an inner wall of the receiving channel. A return electrical contact is disposed proximally of the active electrical contact on the inner wall of the receiving channel. A probe inclu...