US Patent Issued to Laminar on Feb. 10 for "Devices, systems, and methods for transseptal puncture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,092, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Laminar Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for transseptal puncture" was invented by Randall T. Lashinski (Windsor, Calif.), Joshua J. Dwork (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Michael James Lee (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices, apparatuses, and methods for transseptal puncture and crossing are disclosed herein. A transseptal puncture and crossing device can include novel puncture member having a crossing coil mated to a body portion to be able to both cross a tissue and allow a wire or guard be inserted through the puncture member. Though not requi...