US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Dec. 2 for "Biopsy devices, rotary indexers, and methods of use" (Utah, New Jersey, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,820, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Biopsy devices, rotary indexers, and methods of use" was invented by Fred Lampropoulos (Salt Lake City), Ayad Agha (Paradise Valley, Ariz.) and Nicholas Gerald Accisano (Howell, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various components of an interventional therapy assembly are disclosed. One such component is a pointer which may be configured to indicate the disposition of another portion or component of the assembly. A rotary indexing device which may be configured to control or facilitate rotation of other components is also disclosed. Further, var...