ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,251, issued on July 1, was assigned to Jenscare Scientific Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).
"Controllable guiding device for implantable apparatus" was invented by Shiwen Lv (Ningbo, China), Zhi Chen (Ningbo, China) and Jin Xu (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guiding device is provided. An implantable apparatus includes a member to be anchored. A position-limiting wire is detachably connected to the implantable apparatus. A proximal end of the position-limiting wire is connected to the control handle. A distal end of the guiding catheter is provided with a guiding member. A distal end portion of the guiding catheter is benda...