ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,328, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to INFRAREDX INC. (Burlington, Mass.).
"Imaging catheter" was invented by David Barone (Lexington, Mass.), Kathleen DeRosa (Manchester, N.H.) and Sean P. Madden (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraluminal imaging catheter comprises an outer sheath of material that is efficiently transmissive of near infrared light, a guidewire lumen section extending distally from a distal end of the outer sheath, a terminal length section of the outer sheath extending proximally from the guidewire lumen section, a cable longitudinally and rotatably disposed lengthwise within the outer sheath ...