ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,459, issued on July 15, was assigned to CARDIOVALVE LTD. (Or Yehuda, Israel).
"Transluminal delivery system" was invented by Michael Albitov (Kfar Saba, Israel), Maxim Karalnik (Karmiel, Israel), Meni Iamberger (Kfar Saba, Israel), Ilia Hariton (Zichron Yaackov, Israel) and Tal Hammer (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery tool including a shaft and a proximal capsule and a distal capsule is dimensioned for percutaneous delivery to the heart. An open end of the proximal capsule faces the open end of the distal capsule. The capsules are coupled to the shaft in a manner that allows axial movement of the capsule wi...