ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,027, issued on May 26, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Guidewire loading systems" was invented by Austin T. Jones (Tempe, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guidewire loading system includes a catheter having a catheter body having an internal lumen and a snare. The snare is positioned at least partially within the internal lumen of the catheter body. The snare includes a snare body and a first capture flare extending from a first end of the snare body and configured to receive the guidewire. The catheter body compresses the first capture flare to form a friction grip around the guidewire whe...