US Patent Issued to Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) on Jan. 27 for "Enhanced torque steerable guidewire" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,495, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Enhanced torque steerable guidewire" was invented by Colin Darbellay (La Sarraz, Switzerland), Guillaume Petitpierre (Veyrier, Switzerland), Marc Boers (Borex, Switzerland), Pascal Mosimann (Chardonne, Switzerland) and Philippe Renaud (Preverenges, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides for a steerable guidewire for insertion into a body cavity, characterized in that is comprises an elongated body defining a longitudinally-arranged lumen comprising i) a proximal end portion and ii) a distal end ...