George Phillips, IV

Title: George Phillips, IV and Cryogenic Cardiac Device Innovation.

Introduction

George Phillips, IV is an inventor associated with Norwood, Ohio, and Atricure, Inc. His patent work addresses an adapter designed to help a cryogenic cardiac device be used in a nerve block procedure.

Latest Patents

Phillips is associated with 1 patent: “Adapting Component for Enabling Cryogenic Cardiac Device Use in Nerve Block.” The patent describes systems and methods for performing a cardiac arrhythmia procedure followed by a nerve block. The disclosed device includes a handle, an elongate shaft with a lumen, and a flexible cryogenic probe. A removable adapter at the shaft’s distal end has prongs that key onto the shaft and a rounded head with an embedded groove. The probe passes through the adapter and rests in the groove, which helps it maintain its shape.

Career Highlights

Phillips’s listed invention focuses on adapting cryogenic equipment for use across related cardiac and nerve-block procedures. The design’s removable adapter and probe-guiding groove are intended to support positioning and use of the flexible probe.

Collaborations

Phillips is associated with Atricure, Inc. His listed coworker is Craig Crandall.

Conclusion

George Phillips, IV’s patent describes a practical adapter concept for guiding a flexible cryogenic probe in procedures involving cardiac arrhythmia treatment and a subsequent nerve block.