ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,747, issued on April 14, was assigned to KARDIUM INC. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Medical device systems and methods including safety release, lumen fluid-providing mechanisms, or both" was invented by Saar Moisa (Vancouver, Canada), Julie Elizabeth O'Keane (Vancouver, Canada), Ian Garben (Burnaby, Canada) and Peter Josiah Hawes (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device system may include a catheter sheath and a catheter shaft sized for delivery through a lumen of the catheter sheath. The catheter shaft may be coupled to an end effector at or adjacent a distal end of the catheter shaft. The catheter shaft may include ...