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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nir Merry, Berkeley, CA (US);
Michael Smidebush, Concord, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cryo Instruments, Inc., Berkeley, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606 24 ; 606 21 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cryosurgery having the ability to precisely control the rate and degree of freezing of diseased tissue by means of a cryoprobe having a plurality of removable cryotips, and a compensating temperature control system operably associated with the cryoprobe.