US Patent Issued to Varian Medical Systems on March 4 for "Cryosurgical probe with enhanced thermal performance" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,354, issued on March 4, was assigned to Varian Medical Systems Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Cryosurgical probe with enhanced thermal performance" was invented by Daniel N. Grimm (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe and method of using a probe are disclosed. The probe may comprise a first member, a tip, a second member, and a third member. The first member may have a first and second end portions. The tip may be configured to engaged to the first member at the second end portion. The second member may be configured to extend and be positioned within the first member. The third member may be configured to be disposed...