ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,119, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG (Karlsruhe, Germany).
"Puncture device" was invented by Kai Chun Wong (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a puncture device that is arranged for being advanced to a puncture site through the human vasculature, the puncture device comprising: a puncture means, the puncture means comprising a distal end that is arranged for creating a puncture in a patient's tissue, a sheath, the sheath being arranged so as to surround the puncture means, the puncture means being slidably arranged inside the sheath, a tissue exp...