US Patent Issued to Indian Wells Medical on Jan. 27 for "Steerable endoluminal punch with introducer and guidewire" (California, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,150, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Indian Wells Medical Inc. (Lake Forest, Calif.).

"Steerable endoluminal punch with introducer and guidewire" was invented by Jay Alan Lenker (Lake Forest, Calif.), James Alexander Carroll (Long Beach, Calif.), Eugene Michael Breznock (Winters, Calif.), Donald J. Kolehmainen (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Peter van der Sluis (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoluminal punch and introducer sheath are described wherein the endoluminal punch comprises a guidewire lumen through which a user is capable of placing a guidewire. The endoluminal punch system further comprises a mechanis...