US Patent Issued to Emboline on Jan. 27 for "Device and method for delivery of medical devices to a cardiac valve" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,222, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Emboline Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Device and method for delivery of medical devices to a cardiac valve" was invented by Erik Krahbichler (Helsingborg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device for transvascular delivery of a medical device to a cardiac valve region of a patient comprises an elongate sheath with a first lumen, a distal end for positioning at a heart valve, a second lumen that extends parallel to or in the sheath, and an expandable embolic protection filter. The filter is arranged to extend from an orifice of the second lumen and, in the expanded, covers ostia of...