ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,698, issued on June 30, was assigned to RAPID MEDICAL LTD. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Rotationally torquable endovascular device with actuatable working end" was invented by Yuri Sudin (Modin, Israel), Ronen Eckhouse (Shimshit, Israel), Aharon Friedman (Haifa, Israel), Matan Gedulter (Givat Ela, Israel) and Moshe Miller (Jerusalem).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one exemplary embodiment, an endovascular device may include a hollow shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and sized for insertion into a blood vessel. The endovascular device may also include a control line having a proximal end and a distal end, and extending through th...