US Patent Issued to FORTIMEDIX ASSETS II on Dec. 9 for "Steerable instrument comprising a detachable part" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,886, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FORTIMEDIX ASSETS II B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).

"Steerable instrument comprising a detachable part" was invented by Mattheus Hendrik Louis Thissen (Swalmen, Netherlands) and Marcel Antonius Elisabeth Verbeek (Voerendaal, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering device for connecting to an elongated instrument comprises a supporting unit comprising a first channel having a first central axis, said first channel extending from a distal side to a proximal side of the supporting unit, wherein the supporting unit is arranged around said first channel, and a steering unit rotationally arr...