US Patent Issued to CRYOSA on Feb. 17 for "Systems and methods for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" (Minnesota, Louisiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,259, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CRYOSA INC. (Arden Hills, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea" was invented by Orhan Soykan (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Mark Christopherson (Shoreview, Minn.), Donald A. Gonzales (Folsom, La.), Stefan Skorich (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Guy Vanney (Blaine, Minn.) and Douglas Krone (Shoreview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and systems employ cryolysis of oropharyngeal adipose tissues to selectively remove fat cells from the tissues causing obstructive sleep apnea. In various embodiments, a chilled liquid-e.g., a liquid or air-is applied to the tar...