US Patent Issued to Francis Medical on Sept. 29 for "Vapor therapy systems and methods" (Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,414, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Francis Medical Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Vapor therapy systems and methods" was invented by Michael Hoey (Shoreview, Minn.), Roger Noel Hastings (Naples, Fla.), Anthony Christian French (Andover, Minn.), Mark Schrom (Forest Lake, Minn.), Eric Jerke (Dayton, Minn.), Gunnar Askegaard (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Chad Naegeli (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vapor delivery system is provided that may include any of a number of features. One feature of the vapor delivery system is that it can apply condensable vapor energy to tissue, such as a prostrate, to shrink, damage, or d...