US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on Dec. 30 for "Manufacture of steerable delivery devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,399, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Manufacture of steerable delivery devices" was invented by Carlos Chavez Vargas (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Luis Molina (Corona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Steerable delivery devices use one or more pull wires. Described herein are devices and methods for securing a pull wire to an adjustment mechanism of such delivery devices. The disclosed devices facilitate securing the pull wire by using a wrapping set screw that forms a lumen for the pull wire and one or more notches in the side of the wrapping set screw at its proximal end. The notche...