US Patent Issued to Adagio Medical on June 9 for "Endovascular near critical fluid based cryoablation catheter and related methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,804, issued on June 9, was assigned to Adagio Medical Inc. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

"Endovascular near critical fluid based cryoablation catheter and related methods" was invented by Alexei V. Babkin (Dana Point, Calif.), Steven W. Kovalcheck (San Diego) and Xiaoyu Yu (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endovascular near critical fluid based cryoablation catheter for creating an elongated lengthwise-continuous lesion in tissue can comprise an elongated shaft, a flexible distal tissue treatment section, and a distal tip. A plurality of flexible tubes can extend through the distal treatment section to transport a near...