Cryosurgery Device for Removing Skin Lesions

A new cryosurgery device that does not utilize dangerous gases or liquid cryogens is designed as a safe alternative to current devices that do employ them.

The hand-held, portable device, called CryoPen, is removed by a doctor from the cooling base and placed onto a skin lesion. The CryoPen will maintain a consistent ideal temperature for the duration of the procedure. Extremely cold temperature is the key to successful cryosurgical removal of skin lesions, says Cimex BioTech, L.C. (Covington, LA, USA), which developed the CryoPen. The device utilizes solid-state technology to achieve and maintain the extreme cold temperatures needed for proper skin lesion removal. Cimex expects that the device will be used for performing surgery in several areas, including family practice, general practice, and gynecology.

"We at Cimex believe that the CryoPen is the safest, easiest, and most cost-effective cryosurgical tool ever created,” says Michael J. Haas, M.D., vice president of research and development at Cimex. Until now, nitrous oxide, liquid nitrogen, and carbon dioxide have been commonly used to achieve the cold temperature needed to remove most skin lesions.




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