US Patent Issued to Capstan Medical on Oct. 20 for "Robotic delivery system for cardiac implants" (American, New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,952, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Capstan Medical Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Robotic delivery system for cardiac implants" was invented by Travis Schuh (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Daniel T. Wallace (Waikato, New Zealand), Neal Tanner (Austin, Texas) and Thomas Nixon (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivery of cardiac implants includes a catheter having a handle assembly including a cable control assembly. The handle assembly further includes a tubular body assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and deflectable by operation of the cable control assembly. The system also includes a robot ...