ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,661, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Circa Scientific Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Steerable guide catheter" was invented by Darren Edminster (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Douglas Wahnschaffe (Monticello, Minn.) and Steve Berhow (St. Michael, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible guide tube having a deflectable distal end is disclosed with at least first and second tensioning lines coupled to a deflectable distal end of the flexible guide tube. The first tensioning line is configured to deflect the distal end of the flexible guide tube in a first direction and the second tensioning line is configured to deflect the distal end of ...