ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,420, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Channel Medsystems Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Exhaust removal for cryogenic treatment" was invented by William Malecki (Oakland, Calif.), Vincent Lopresti (Niwot, Colo.), Ulric E. Cote (Oakland, Calif.) and David Beaulieu (El Cerrito, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exhaust removal apparatus and methods for cryogenic treatment are described herein. The apparatus may generally include a housing having an inlet for fluidly coupling to a source of water and an outlet for fluidly coupling to a drain, and a suction chamber in fluid communication with the housing, wherein the suction chamber is ...