ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,776, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to MICRO-TECH (NANJING) Co. LTD. (Nanjing, China).
"Imaging catheter and imaging device" was invented by Xiaochun Li (Jiangsu, China), Mingxun Guan (Jiangsu, China) and Duangui Gao (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging catheter and an imaging device relate to a technical field of medical devices. The imaging catheter includes a metal wire tube, a tip and a retaining ring. A metal wire exposed at one end of the metal wire tube forms a conductive end, which is electrically connected with the tip so as to allow the metal wire to be used as a conductive medium to lead static electr...