US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 25 for "Carbon dioxide-based percutaneous cryosurgical system" (Maryland, Oklahoma, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,970, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Carbon dioxide-based percutaneous cryosurgical system" was invented by Bailey Surtees (Edmond, Okla.), Evelyn McChesney (Baltimore), Sean Young (Baltimore), Yixin Hu (Baltimore), Nicholas James Durr (Baltimore), Tara Blair (Baltimore), Pascal Acree (Baltimore), Grace Kuroki (Baltimore), Susan C. Harvey (Lutherville, Md.) and Serena M. Thomas (Summit, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a handheld cryoprobe for use in percutaneous cryotherapy of tumorous masses. It includes a probe attach...