US Patent Issued to Ancora Heart on Nov. 11 for "Device and method for releasing catheters from cardiac structures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,723, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ancora Heart Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Device and method for releasing catheters from cardiac structures" was invented by Huu Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.), Rob Kotmel (Burlingame, Calif.), Tiffany Mirchandani (San Jose, Calif.), Russel Sampson (Palo Alto, Calif.) and David Scott Baron (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for releasing a catheter from an implant may include a catheter comprising first and second elongate elements, first and second elongate element lumens, a tissue anchor lumen, apertures corresponding to each of the lumens, and retainin...