ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,365, issued on July 15, was assigned to Verge Medical Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Vascular ablation" was invented by Edward Anderson (Maple Grove, Minn.), Adam Tschida (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Randy Beyreis (Andover, Minn.), Scott Nelson (Mission Viejo, Calif.), JiChao Sun (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Laura Ortega (Fridley, Minn.), Joe Duerr (Andover, Minn.), Ae-Suk Pauling (St. Michael, Minn.), Dannah Dean (Minnetonka, Minn.), Doug Krone (Rogers, Minn.) and Brady Hatcher (Rogers, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a vein ablation system, comprising a catheter having an elongated body. In some embodiments, the vein ab...