US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for turbinate reduction" (Texas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,956, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for turbinate reduction" was invented by Sean Doll (Cedar Park, Texas), Troy S. Hemme (Minneapolis), David A. Cox (Austin, Texas), Douglas G. Evans (Austin, Texas) and David Turner (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrosurgical wand for reducing tissue is disclosed. The wand includes a handle and an elongate shaft, the shaft having a major longitudinal axis, a conduit extending therethrough and a non-insulated distal end portion defining a first electrode. The first e...