ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,920, issued on July 28, was assigned to HANGZHOU GENLIGHT NEUROTECH Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Cooling sleeve and optical fiber catheter having same" was invented by Huijie Jin (Zhejiang, China), Peng Cao (Zhejiang, China), Liangdao Xia (Zhejiang, China), Xinlei Chen (Zhejiang, China) and Xiangliang Liao (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling sleeve includes an inner tube within which a bar-shaped or tubular object is placed to be cooled, and an outer tube within which the inner tube is located. The outer wall surface of the bar-shaped or tubular object contacts with the inner wall surface of the inner tube to fo...