ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,204, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Verix Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Lung access device" was invented by Kenneth Michael Berliner (San Jose, Calif.), Josef Koblish (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Chau Cao (San Jose, Calif.), Eza Koch (South Abington Township, Pa.), Riley Ennis (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Benjamin E. Morris (Jeffersonville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable biopsy device comprises an outer sheath comprising a sheath body having a proximal sheath section and a distal sheath section. The outer sheath further comprises a distal sheath tip and a sheath lumen terminating at a distal port in the distal sheath ti...