ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,413, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Veran Medical Technologies Inc. (St. Louis).
"Ablation monitoring system and method" was invented by Mark Hunter (St. Louis) and Troy L. Holsing (Golden, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are presented for treating targeted tissue using cryoablation. An introducer canula and a cryoprobe are inserted the targeted tissue. The cryoprobe is cooled and an ice ball is formed. The cryoprobe is removed while the ice ball is still frozen, and an ultrasound catheter is inserted. Ultrasound generated within the ice ball is used to determine the distance from the ultrasound catheter ...