ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,157, issued on July 8, was assigned to CARDIOMECH AS (Trondheim, Norway).
"Device for heart repair" was invented by Nikolai Hiorth (Oslo, Norway) and Hans Emil Hiorth (Trondheim, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device (2) is provided for implanting an anchor (9) into body tissue to attach a line (14) to the body tissue. The catheter device (2) comprises: a housing section (4), (8) extending from a distal end of the catheter device (2) along the length of the catheter device (2) toward the proximal end of the catheter device, the housing section (4), (8) comprising a distal part (8) at the distal end of the catheter de...