ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,934, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to IceCure Medical Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Cryogen flow control" was invented by Ron Hilleli (Zichron Yaacov, Israel), Shai Kaufman (Nir Eliyahu, Israel) and Naum Muchnik (Yokneam Illit, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, including a probe, containing a first lumen and a second lumen and having a distal end that contacts tissue of a living subject. A fluid supply delivers a cryogenic fluid through the first lumen to the distal end and receives cryogenic fluid returning via the second lumen. A temperature sensor is located at the distal end. A pressure sensor located at a proximal...