US Patent Issued to Pacira CryoTech on Dec. 30 for "Cryogenic therapy systems and methods" (Massachusetts, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,062, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pacira CryoTech Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.).

"Cryogenic therapy systems and methods" was invented by John Spranger (Hingham, Mass.), Roy Winston (Tampa, Fla.), Jared Ham (Severn, Mass.) and Jonathan Slonin (Palm City, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of interrupting sympathetic stimulation to the cardiovascular system of a patient in need thereof includes navigating a probe of a hand-held cryogenic therapy apparatus to a stellate ganglion or an autonomic tissue area peripheral to the stellate ganglion of the patient, the probe including a needle configured to produce a cooling zone for ...