ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,962, issued on July 29, was assigned to Medtronic CryoCath LP. (Toronto).
"Method and apparatus for determining bronchial denervation" was invented by Nicolas Coulombe (Anjou, Canada), Zhongping Yang (Woodbury, Minn.) and Jean-Pierre Lalonde (Candiac, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of performing bronchial denervation of a bronchus having bronchial nerves along a portion thereof is provided. The method includes providing a cryoablation device having multiple electrodes capable of delivering electrical energy and measuring impedance. At least one bronchial nerve is stimulated with electrical energy. The electrical signa...