US Patent Issued to CRYOSA on Feb. 24 for "Systems and methods for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" (Minnesota, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,257, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CRYOSA INC. (Shoreview, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" was invented by Mark Christopherson (Shoreview, Minn.), Orhan Soykan (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Donald A. Gonzales (Folsom, La.) and Stefan Skorich (St. Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems employ cryolysis of oropharyngeal adipose tissues to selectively remove fat cells from the tissues causing obstructive sleep apnea. In various embodiments, a chilled liquid-e.g., a liquid or air-is applied to the target tissue at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to cau...