ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,484, issued on April 15.

"Cryosurgical device and materials and method of use thereof" was invented by Martin J. Moskovitz (West Orange, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided in the present disclosure are materials, devices, systems, and methods for performing cryo-surgery in a mammalian subject. More particularly, presented are a slurry, devices, systems, and methods for subcutaneously injecting the slurry into a patient in need of bodyfat reduction intervention. The slurry, devices, systems, and methods permit highly efficacious subcutaneous ice phase-change lipolysis while not requiring that the patient be placed under gener...