US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on Aug. 26 for "Catheterization method and apparatus" (California, North Carolina, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,850, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Catheterization method and apparatus" was invented by Gregory Scott Tyler II (Winston-Salem, N.C.), Thanh Huy Le (Oceanside, Calif.), Tam Van Nguyen (Westminster, Calif.), Daniel James Montoya (Redmond, Wash.), Grant Matthew Stearns (Tustin, Calif.) and Eric Robert Dixon (Villa Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheterization methods and apparatuses allow sensing of pressures inside the heart and for removing air from catheters. A delivery system can use the same components that are used to deliver a valve repair or replacement device to ...