ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,613, issued on May 13, was assigned to INTERVENE INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Intraluminal tissue modifying systems and associated devices and methods" was invented by Fletcher T. Wilson (San Francisco), David Batten (Los Gatos, Calif.), Benjamin J. Clark (Redwood City, Calif.) and Michi E. Garrison (Half Moon Bay, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is directed generally to devices, systems, and methods for capturing and cutting fibrous and trabeculated structures (such as synechiae) in vessel lumens. In one embodiment, the present technology includes an intraluminal tissue modifying system configured to ca...