ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,735, issued on May 12, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Systems and methods of an electrohemostatic renal sheath" was invented by Abigail Wilms (Mason, Ohio), Dahoney L. Swarns (Covington, Ga.), Kevin Knollman (Mason, Ohio) and Morgan Rex (Covington, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods directed to a renal sheath, one or more electrode pairs in the renal sheath, and a wiring system configured to connect the one or more electrode pairs to an electric current. The renal sheath can include a distal end portion, a proximal end portion, and a medial portion between the distal and proximal end porti...