US Patent Issued to Marvao Medical Devices on Sept. 15 for "Telescoping catheter system having clutch mechanism" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,332, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Marvao Medical Devices Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Telescoping catheter system having clutch mechanism" was invented by Chris Davey (Barna, Ireland), John Culloty (Cork, Ireland) and Sean Hehir (Dangan, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescoping catheter system equipped with a clutch mechanism that enables an Interventionalist to selectively lock inner and outer catheters together after adjusting their relative positions for optimal performance at the beginning of an interventional procedure, and to also unlock and reposition the catheters as needed to reestablish optimal performance a...