US Patent Issued to KARDIUM on Sept. 8 for "Medical system including steerable catheter and method of manufacturing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,183, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KARDIUM INC. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Medical system including steerable catheter and method of manufacturing" was invented by John Andrew Funk (Delta, Canada) and Ashkan Sardari (North Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable catheter may include an elongate shaft member and a braided reinforcement structure embedded into a wall of the elongate shaft member. The braided reinforcement structure may include a first braided portion including a first pick count, a second braided portion including a second pick count, and a third braided portion including a third pick count. The thir...