ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,613, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to IceCure Medical Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Cryoprobe" was invented by Naum Muchnik (Yokneam Illit, Israel), Ron Hilleli (Zichron Yaacov, Israel), Adir Weiser (Nofit, Israel) and Adir Gadyukov (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, consisting of a probe with a probe distal end having an external surface that contacts tissue when the distal end is inserted into a patient. A heater and a temperature sensor are in the distal end, and a gas inlet is coupled to the distal end to provide gas. While the heater is activated, a controller registers a first time when a temperature measure...