ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,257, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ProVerum Ltd. (Dublin).
"Device for controllably deploying expandable implants" was invented by Riona Ni Ghriallais (Dublin) and Conor Harkin (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present invention relate to a delivery device for locating an expandable implant for treating BPH within the prostatic urethra of a patient. The delivery device comprises an inner tube and an outer sleeve movable relative to the inner tube between a stored position and a deployed position. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner tube to define an annulus therebetween and the expandable implant is retained w...