US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) on March 18 for "Techniques for guide-wire based advancement of a tool" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,307, issued on March 18, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Techniques for guide-wire based advancement of a tool" was invented by Tal Reich (Moledet, Israel) and Eran Miller (Moshav Beit Elazari, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchor is shaped to define a helix. A deployment tool is reversibly coupled to the anchor, and includes a lance. The deployment tool is configured to transluminally advance the anchor to the heart, and to stabilize the anchor at the tissue by driving the lance into the tissue. The deployment tool is also configured to anchor the anchor to the tissue, f...