ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,422, issued on July 15.
"Method for cleaning and lubricating an angiographic wire with fluid solvent delivery" was invented by Dhruv Patel (Saint Cloud, Fla.) and Anthony Cascio (Land O' Lakes, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of guiding an angiographic wire while delivering fluid solvent to the wire. The method incorporates a guide device comprising a housing that is mated to a base in a manner that defines an aperture for slidably receiving the angiographic wire. A plunger is disposed within the housing in a adjustable manner via slots disposed on a flexible plunger arm and mating tabs disposed inside the housing. The p...