ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,246, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Catheter device having a catheter and an actuation device" was invented by Mario Scheckel (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a catheter device, having a catheter, an actuation device at a first end of the catheter and also a mechanical transmission element for transmitting a movement along the catheter to the actuation device, the actuation device having a coupling element which is connected to the transmission element and can be actuated by the latter relative to the longitudinal direction of the catheter ...