US Patent Issued to Duke Empirical on Feb. 17 for "Valve systems and steering systems for catheters and methods of use" (California, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,678, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Duke Empirical LLC (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

"Valve systems and steering systems for catheters and methods of use" was invented by Robert C. Laduca (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Paul A. Laduca (Orchard Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Valve systems and steering systems for catheters and methods of using the same."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2021, under Application No. 17/361,159.

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