US Patent Issued to CrossBay Medical on March 31 for "Apparatus and method for everting catheter for embryo transfer using transvaginal ultrasound" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,929, issued on March 31, was assigned to CrossBay Medical Inc. (San Diego).

"Apparatus and method for everting catheter for embryo transfer using transvaginal ultrasound" was invented by Steven R. Bacich (Half Moon Bay, Calif.), Matthew Thomas Yurek (San Diego), Cristiano Danilo Maria Fontana (Milan) and Piush Vidyarthi (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Everting balloon systems and methods for using the same with an alignment element for stability and anti-rotation of the everting balloon are disclosed herein. The systems can be configured to access and deliver instruments, media, or other catheters into bodily lume...