US Patent Issued to Avinger on March 25 for "Occlusion-crossing devices, imaging, and atherectomy devices" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,029, issued on March 25, was assigned to Avinger Inc. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Occlusion-crossing devices, imaging, and atherectomy devices" was invented by John B. Simpson (Woodside, Calif.), Himanshu N. Patel (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Zung (San Carlos, Calif.), Charles W. McNall (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), Priyanshu Gupta (Hornsby, Australia), Maegan K. Spencer (Emerald Hills, Calif.), Christopher B. White (San Jose, Calif.), Dennis W. Jackson (San Francisco) and John F. Black (Irmo, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device for crossing occlusions includes an elongate body, a central lumen extending within the elong...