US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on Feb. 10 for "Braid and pull wire containment ring for deflectable guiding catheter" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,540, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Braid and pull wire containment ring for deflectable guiding catheter" was invented by Andrew J. Enerson (New Port Richey, Fla.), Michael Mejia (Palm Harbor, Fla.) and Thomas P. Osypka (Palm Harbor, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflectable guiding catheter that includes a proximal handle assembly, an elongated catheter shaft extending distally from the proximal handle assembly and including a deflectable distal end portion, a drive mechanism within the proximal handle assembly for steering the deflectable distal end portion of the catheter shaft, an a...