ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,134, issued on June 3, was assigned to VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Microwave coagulation applicator and system" was invented by Paul F. Turner (Bountiful, Utah), Thomas L. Youd (Salt Lake City) and Brianne Hamilton (Alpine, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave applicator for insertion into living body tissue for use in microwave coagulation and ablation treatments includes a microwave transmission line extending between an attachment end of the applicator and an antenna toward an insertion end of the applicator with an outer conductive sleeve forming an enclosed cooling fluid space around the transmiss...