ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,877, issued on July 7.
"Embolization microcatheter for delivery of beads to peripheral vessels" was invented by Judy Cashdan (Hashmonaim, Israel), Tom Dagan (Omer, Israel), Yuval Zipory (Modiin, Israel), Osnat Harbater (Raanana, Israel) and Eran Miller (Moshav Beit Elazari, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embolization microcatheter including an elongated main body and a distal section, the distal section comprising an off-setting portion and a winding portion, wherein the winding portion comprises about half a loop of a three-dimensional spiral, such that a longitudinal axis of the winding portion is offset and/or disposed at...