ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,797, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Puncture needles" was invented by Daniel James Murray (Orange, Calif.), Lillian Grace Myers (Prairie Village, Kan.), Don Huy Tran (Westminster, Calif.), Michael G. Valdez (Riverside, Calif.) and Andrew Charles May (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puncture needle can comprise an elongate portion, a puncture component associated with a distal end of the elongate portion, and a spacer associated with a distal portion of the elongate portion, where the spacer can be configured to contact a wall of the delivery catheter lumen to prevent...