ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,466, issued on May 26, was assigned to LimFlow GmbH (Dresden, Germany).
"Devices and methods for catheter alignment" was invented by Sophie Humbert (Arbusigny, France), Katharina Wieczorek (Dresden, Germany), Anika Nguyen (Dresden, Germany), Marcus Wenzel (Priestewitz, Germany), David Hugo Deaton (Crownsville, Md.), Trent Matthew Mengel (La Vista, Neb.) and Rowan Olund Hettel (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A launching catheter for targeting a second vessel from a first vessel includes a catheter including a proximal portion and a distal portion including a needle aperture and a flat rectangular radiopaqu...