US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Jan. 20 for "Medical devices that include a trigger assembly for a rotatable catheter and methods of use" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,600, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Medical devices that include a trigger assembly for a rotatable catheter and methods of use" was invented by Robert Booker (Vandergrift, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices that include a trigger assembly for a rotatable catheter and methods of use are described. An example medical device includes a housing, a catheter, a drive assembly, and a trigger assembly. The trigger assembly is partially disposed within the housing and includes a trigger, a drive initiator, a drive member, a flip drive, and a biasing member. The trigger is ...