ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,651, issued on May 27, was assigned to Thermedical Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Devices and methods for delivering fluid to tissue during ablation therapy" was invented by Michael G. Curley (Weston, Mass.), Gregory R. Eberl (Acton, Mass.), Jason M. Clevenger (Needham, Mass.), Michael T. Howard (Dracut, Mass.) and Erik Delly (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for delivering fluid to tissue during ablation therapy are described herein. An exemplary device can include an elongate body having an inner lumen, outlet ports, and an ablation element configured to heat tissue. A flow resistance of the elongate bod...