ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,659, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Tobin Health LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Catheter control systems and methods" was invented by William Ray Shirer (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Bryan Loomas (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example catheter control systems and methods are described. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a housing that includes a first lumen configured to receive a catheter, a second lumen configured to receive fluid, and a third lumen configured to allow the catheter and the fluid to pass through the third lumen simultaneously. A catheter controller is associated with the housing and controls mov...