US Patent Issued to Circa Scientific on Feb. 24 for "Transseptal crossing system for single pass large bore access" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,152, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Circa Scientific Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Transseptal crossing system for single pass large bore access" was invented by Brian Schuler (York, Pa.), Steve Howard (La Jolla, Calif.) and Brad Klos (Solana Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single pass, large bore transseptal crossing catheter system is disclosed. An elongate, flexible tubular body has a proximal end, a distal end and an electrically conductive sidewall defining a central lumen. An insulation layer surrounds the sidewall and leaves exposed a first distal electrode tip. An inner conductive wire is provided, having a sec...