ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,155, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Methods and devices for puncturing tissue" was invented by Eduardo Moriyama (Richmond, Canada), John Paul Urbanski (Toronto), Charlene Leung (Scarborough, Canada), Jackie Leung (Richmond Hill, Canada) and Gareth Davies (Toronto).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are disclosed for delivering a therapy device during a cardiology procedure. The method includes a step of advancing a radiofrequency guidewire into a right atrium of the heart of a patient. A sheath and dilator are advanced over the radiofrequency guidewire. The ...