ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,749, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kardion GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Controllable insertion sleeve" was invented by Michael Ullmann (Leonberg, Germany), Hardy Baumbach (Stuttgart, Germany) and Inga Schellenberg (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to an insertion sleeve (2), in which a guide wire (3) extends in order to guide the insertion sleeve (2). A cavity (23) is formed in the sleeve wall (22), which cavity extends in parallel with a longitudinal direction of the insertion sleeve (2) over the whole length of the sleeve, wherein said cavity (23) accommodates the guide wire (3...