US Patent Issued to Acclarent, Biosense Webster (Israel) on May 26 for "Dilation instrument with malleable guide" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,866, issued on May 26, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) and Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Dilation instrument with malleable guide" was invented by Cesar Fuentes-Ortega (Pasadena, Calif.), Henry F. Salazar (Pico Rivera, Calif.), Raymond Yue-sing Tang (Rosemead, Calif.), Shubhayu Basu (Anaheim, Calif.), Kokou A. Amefia (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Erica E. Lovejoy (La Puente, Calif.) and Brittanie Chu (Chino Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a body and a shaft assembly extending distally from the body. The shaft assembly includes a malleable distal portion and an enlarged t...