ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,124, issued on June 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Steerable catheter with brake assembly" was invented by Andrew Campbell (Reading, Mass.) and Paul Barner (Waltham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter includes a handle and an elongate member extending from the handle. The catheter may also include steering system coupled to the handle. The steering system may be configured to deflect at least a portion of the elongate member in at least one direction. The catheter may also include a locking mechanism configured to lock the portion of the elongate member in a deflected configurati...