ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,845, issued on July 21, was assigned to INNOVHEART S.r.l. (Milan, Mich.).
"Device for capturing guide wires" was invented by Giovanni Righini (Gland, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (10) for capturing a guide wire (50) comprises a snaring device (20, 30) and an auxiliary catheter (40). The auxiliary catheter (40) is configured to slidingly accommodate the guide wire to be caught so as to extend a distal end (47) thereof beyond the distal end of the guide wire in order to be caught by the snaring device (20, 30) while the guide wire (50) is in a retracted position in the auxiliary catheter (40). The auxiliary cathe...