ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,117, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Clearstream Technologies Ltd. (Enniscorthy, Ireland).
"Rotational atherectomy device" was invented by Artur Spodobalski (Blackwater, Ireland), Eoin Connaughton (Gorey, Ireland) and Allan Ronan (Enniscorthy, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotational atherectomy device for cutting or abrading tissue. The atherectomy device comprises a rotatable drive shaft (120) having a longitudinal axis and comprising one or more internal guiding tracks (121) extending along the length of the drive shaft (120). The rotational atherectomy device further comprises one or more flexible shafts (111, 113) ...