US Patent Issued to AURIGEN MEDICAL on Feb. 24 for "System comprising an elongated catheter and an implant detachably attached to a distal end of the elongated catheter" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,156, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AURIGEN MEDICAL Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"System comprising an elongated catheter and an implant detachably attached to a distal end of the elongated catheter" was invented by Tony O'Halloran (Turloughmore, Ireland), John Thompson (Dublin), Shane Regan (Loughrea, Ireland), Kevin Donaghey (An Spideal, Ireland), John Kelly (Salthill, Ireland) and Conor Allen (Cappagh Road, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including an elongated catheter and an implant. The elongated catheter includes a proximal end configured for operative coupling to an electrical supply module, a distal end with a...