US Patent Issued to AtriCure on Sept. 22 for "Adapting component for enabling cryogenic cardiac device use in nerve block" (Ohio, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,820, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Adapting component for enabling cryogenic cardiac device use in nerve block" was invented by George Phillips (Norwood, Ohio) and Craig Crandall (Rising Sun, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for performing a cardiac arrhythmia and a subsequent nerve block. A cryogenic device can be provided and can comprise a handle comprising a proximal end and a distal end, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, the elongate shaft comprising a lumen, a cryogenic probe extending from the elongate shaft, wherein the cryogenic probe...