ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,660, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Venclose Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Systems, hubs, and connector assemblies for venous disease treatment" was invented by Darius Przygoda (Mountain View, Calif.) and Michael Mirizzi (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for treating the vasculature of a subject. An energy delivery system includes an energy delivery console, a catheter assembly, and a hub disposed within or attached to the catheter cable assembly. The catheter assembly connects to and receives energy from the energy delivery console. The catheter assembly i...