ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,648, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Innovation (Israel) Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Low-profile steerable catheter" was invented by Yaron Keidar (Kiryat Ono, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable catheter comprises a flexible tube having a proximal portion and a distal portion and comprising a circumferential wall that defines an elongate lumen between the proximal portion and the distal portion. A pull-wire can extend, in association with the wall, from the proximal portion to the distal portion. A pull-ring can be coupled to the wall at the distal portion such that the pull-ring circumscribes the ...