ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,001, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Channel Medsystems Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Cryogenic treatment device encoder" was invented by Bret Herscher (Cupertino, Calif.), Bruce Ackerman (Fairfax, Calif.) and William Malecki (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment system for treating tissue is disclosed in which a handle with an elongate shaft projecting from the handle, a sheath axially slidable relative to the elongate shaft, and an electrode mounted on a proximal portion of the sheath is provided. A substrate having an elongate portion may be located within the handle. A plurality of first and second capacitive...