US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences on May 12 for "Support catheters and associated loading components" (New Zealander, Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,061, issued on May 12, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Support catheters and associated loading components" was invented by Jason Galdonik (Minneapolis), Mark W. I. Webster (Auckland, New Zealand), Christopher E. Buller (Toronto), Joshua Brenizer (Oak Grove, Minn.) and Daniel Jindra (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Split support catheters, loading tools, and methods of use are disclosed. A support catheter can include an elongate tubular member and a push member. The tubular member can comprise a longitudinal slit configured to accommodate the exchange of various interventional devices int...