US Patent Issued to CEPHEA VALVE TECHNOLOGIES on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for loading and deploying an intravascular device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,332, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CEPHEA VALVE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Abbott Park, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for loading and deploying an intravascular device" was invented by Randolf von Oepen (Aptos, Calif.), Sean A. McNiven (Menlo Park, Calif.), Francisco Valencia (East Palo Alto, Calif.), Ken C. Salvador (Hayward, Calif.) and Yongjin Xie (Cupertino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular device delivery system includes an elongated member with a distal end cap and a delivery disc that are longitudinally movable using a disc handle. A main body of the disc handle is configured to move the distal end cap and a m...