ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,519, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MEDINOL LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Catheter with retractable cover and pressurized fluid" was invented by Itshak Cohen (Ramat Hasharon, Israel), Shahar Maximuk (Rishon LeZion, Israel) and Gilad Moiseyev (Givatayim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for delivering and deploying an intravascular device into the vessel including an outer and inner tube that are axially linked by a housing structure at the proximal end of the catheter, and a retractable sleeve structure having a middle tube and sleeve tip. The sleeve tip is sealed to the inner tube at the distal end, and conti...