ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,366, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to EnTellect Medical Holdings.

"Rotational and deflectable catheter control assembly" was invented by Anthony Appling (Crestwood, Ky.), Ben Morris (Jeffersonville, Ind.) and Chase Wooley (New Albany, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control assembly for a catheter includes a housing extending along an axis between a proximal and distal housing end to define a housing compartment. A control case is disposed within the housing compartment, and a catheter shaft extends from the control case to a distal tip. The working component of the catheter includes at least one channel component extending...