US Patent Issued to Muffin on Aug. 12 for "Percutaneous, ultrasound-guided introduction of medical devices" (American, Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,223, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Muffin Inc. (West Lafayette, Ind.).

"Percutaneous, ultrasound-guided introduction of medical devices" was invented by Neal E. Fearnot (West Lafayette, Ind.), Peter S. McKinnis (Carrboro, N.C.) and Kasper Klausen (Lille Skensved, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods and systems and system components useful for percutaneously delivering or retrieving vascular implant devices, such as filters, utilizing intravenous ultrasound (IVUS) imaging alone or in combination with external (e.g. transabdominal) ultrasound or other imaging technology. Implants deliverable by such system...