US Patent Issued to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY on Jan. 20 for "Sensing guidewire with integrated proximal locking feature" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,523, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to PHILIPS IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY Corp. (San Diego).

"Sensing guidewire with integrated proximal locking feature" was invented by Eric Henderson (Escondido, Calif.) and David Burkett (Panama City Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intravascular devices, systems and methods of fabricating the same are provided. In one embodiment, an intravascular system includes an intravascular guidewire that includes a flexible elongate member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, at least one electronic component secured to the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, and a locking section...