ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,977, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pacira CryoTech Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).
"Secure cryosurgical treatment system" was invented by Corydon A. Hinton (Oakland, Calif.), Kyler Mikhail Connelly (Castro Valley, Calif.), Bijy Zachariah (Fremont, Calif.) and Jesse Rosen (Albany, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for cryogenically treating tissue. A connection is detected between a probe having a disposable secure processor (DSP) to a handpiece having a master control unit (MCU) and a handpiece secure processor (HSP), the probe having at least one cryogenic treatment applicator. The probe is fluidly coupled to a closed coolant ...