ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,428, issued on April 15, was assigned to Circa Scientific Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Tissue engagement devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Jay Muse (Salt Lake City) and Kevin Jerry Cook (Kaysville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can include engaging the pericardium of a patient at two engagement positions of the pericardium. The method can further include moving the two engagement positions of the pericardium away from each other to tension a portion of the pericardium. The method can further include advancing an access device through the tensioned portion of the pericardium to introduce the access device into ...