ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,520, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).
"Catheter packaging having alignment features" was invented by Charles George Hwang (Wellesley, Mass.) and Takahisa Kato (Brookline, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging assembly for storing a steerable catheter ready for connection with a robotic system, comprises: a packaging enclosure and an alignment member configured to hold the steerable catheter in a predetermined shape. The alignment member is a carrier tube configured to align one end of the steerable catheter for connection with an actuator unit. The package and the alignment member are ...