ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,789, issued on April 22, was assigned to Avinger Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Catheter device with detachable distal end" was invented by Anthony J. Fernandez (Castro Valley, Calif.), Richard R. Newhauser (Redwood City, Calif.) and Himanshu N. Patel (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atherectomy catheter includes an elongate catheter body, a cutter at a distal end of the catheter body, and a nosecone attached to a distal end of the catheter body. The cutter is configured to excise tissue from the body. The nosecone is configured to hold tissue excised from the cutter. The nosecone includes a distal section, a proxima...