US Patent Issued to Ancora Heart on Oct. 21 for "Devices and methods for tether cutting" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,872, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Ancora Heart Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for tether cutting" was invented by Russel Sampson (Palo Alto, Calif.), David Scott Baron (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Rob Kotmel (Burlingame, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for cutting a tether are described herein. Devices described herein generally comprise a proximal handle, a catheter, and an inner shaft and a cutting blade disposed within the lumen of the catheter, where the cutting blade is movably disposed over the inner shaft. The proximal handle comprises an actuation mechanism to control the movement ...