ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,278, issued on May 19, was assigned to Nervana Inc. (Santa Monica, Calif.).

"Transvenous cryoneurolysis system, devices and methods" was invented by Bhavraj Khalsa (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Ali Golshan (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Richard S. Williams (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a transvenous approach for accessing and targeting neural treatment sites to relieve a variety of clinical indications, including peripheral neuropathy. A neurosome approach is described that includes one or more target nerves to receive selective cryoneurolysis via a target vein. A range of different freeze and thaw cy...