US Patent Issued to Capstan Medical on May 27 for "Robotic delivery system for cardiac implants" (American, New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,688, issued on May 27, was assigned to Capstan Medical Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Robotic delivery system for cardiac implants" was invented by Daniel T. Wallace (Waikato, New Zealand), Travis Schuh (Boulder Creek, Calif.), Neal Tanner (Austin, Texas), Thomas Nixon (San Jose, Calif.), Evelyn Hayes (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Peter Gregg (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivery of cardiac implants includes a catheter having a handle assembly including a cable control assembly. The handle assembly further includes a tubular body assembly extending distally from the handle assembly and deflectable by operat...