ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,432, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INC. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter devices with damping assemblies for core wires" was invented by John Pich (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping assembly for a core wire of an ultrasonic catheter assembly includes a body for receiving the core wire. The body includes a bore extending from a proximal end of the body. The bore is defined by an interior surface of the body and includes an insertion region at the proximal end and a compression region disposed distal to the insertion region. A plurality of compression members are disposed within the...