ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,424, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Pacira CryoTech Inc. (Tampa, Fla.).

"Stabilizing pressure in cryogenic devices" was invented by Eric Theodore Johansson (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for stabilizing pressure within a cryogenic device include receiving a flow rate value corresponding to an expected average mass flow rate of a cryogen through a needle probe of the cryogenic device during a cryotherapy treatment cycle; determining, based on the flow rate value, a target heater power to be applied to a heater associated with the cryogenic device for a treatment cycle, wherein the heater is configured to heat...