ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,951, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Clearstream Technologies Ltd. (Enniscorthy, Ireland).
"Control handle for an atherectomy device" was invented by Eoin Connaughton (Enniscorthy, Ireland), Allan Ronan (Enniscorthy, Ireland) and Artur Spodobalski (Blackwater, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control handle for an atherectomy device comprising a housing and a drive module for rotating an abrasive head of the atherectomy device. The drive module is moveable relative to the housing in a longitudinal stroke motion. The control handle further comprises a rotary indexing mechanism connected to the drive module. The rotary index...