ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,483, issued on July 1, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Anti-buckling mechanisms for catheters" was invented by Arkady Kokish (Los Gatos, Calif.), Kent Stalker (San Marcos, Calif.) and Jason J. Hsu (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for preventing buckling of a flexible elongate member during insertion of the flexible elongate member. The device includes a support frame comprising a first end, a second end, and multiple pairs of support members. The support frame is configured to reversibly move from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration when the first a...