US Patent Issued to Indian Wells Medical on June 17 for "Steerable endoluminal punch with cutting stylet" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,407, issued on June 17, was assigned to Indian Wells Medical Inc. (Lake Forest, Calif.).

"Steerable endoluminal punch with cutting stylet" was invented by Jay A. Lenker (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transseptal needle or punch. The transseptal punch includes a stylet with a tube with a side window and a cutting wire disposed within the tube, with a sharp cutting segment disposed proximate the window. The sharp cutting segment can be expanded radially outwardly from the window by translation of the cutting wire proximal end within the tube."

The patent was filed on Dec. 11, 2023, under Application No. 18/535,9...