US Patent Issued to Pacira CryoTech on Nov. 3 for "Cryogenic needle with freeze zone regulation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,657, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Pacira CryoTech Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Cryogenic needle with freeze zone regulation" was invented by Michael Fourkas (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Ronald Williams (Menlo Park, Calif.), John Allison (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jesse Rosen (Albany, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic needle of a cryogenic system is coupled to a heater. While the needle is inserted into target tissue beneath skin, the heater provides heat to protect the skin. Power supplied to the heater is used to interpolate performance of the needle and/or operating parameters of the cryogenic system."

The patent was filed on Nov...