US Patent Issued to Ictero Medical on Sept. 8 for "Systems, devices, and methods for ablation and defunctionalization of a gallbladder" (Texas, Colorado, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,930, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Ictero Medical Inc. (Houston).

"Systems, devices, and methods for ablation and defunctionalization of a gallbladder" was invented by Matthew Nojoomi (Houston), David Waters (Houston), Aedan Mangan (Cleveland), Eric Ryba (Durango, Colo.) and Michael Mulanix (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are catheter devices, systems, and methods to ablate a tissue location. The devises, systems, and methods disclosed herein include ablation systems including a catheter system with inner and outer shafts that deliver an ablation medium (e.g., a cryogenic ablation medium) to a bod...