US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Device for intra-cardiac and intra-vascular surgical procedure having an endoluminal ultrasound probe" (Portuguese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,188, issued on Aug. 19.

"Device for intra-cardiac and intra-vascular surgical procedure having an endoluminal ultrasound probe" was invented by Nelson Jorge Teixeira Dos Santos Paulo (Arcozelo VNG, Portugal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for intra-cardiac and intra-vascular surgical procedure comprising an endoluminal ultrasound catheter probe which comprises a flexible tube a working channel for receiving and guiding transcatheter devices or instruments for the surgical procedure, and a three-dimension ultrasonic transducer, wherein the flexible tube has a working channel outlet on the distal end defining a ring-shaped surfac...