ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,449, issued on July 8, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Method of anchoring pullwire directly articulatable region in catheter" was invented by Joseph Bogusky (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter comprises a flexible polymer catheter body including a proximal shaft section and a distal working section, a wire support structure embedded within the distal working section of the catheter body, a proximal adapter mounted to the proximal shaft section of the catheter body, and a wire disposed within the catheter body. The wire has a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the wire...