US Patent Issued to Oscor on May 6 for "Deflection indicator for deflectable vascular catheter" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,646, issued on May 6, was assigned to Oscor Inc. (Palm Harbor, Fla.).

"Deflection indicator for deflectable vascular catheter" was invented by Thomas P. Osypka (Palm Harbor, Fla.), Andrew J. Enerson (New Port Richey, Fla.), Michael John Gelineau (Lutz, Fla.) and Chet Michael (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflectable catheter is disclosed that includes a proximal handle, an elongated catheter shaft extending distally from the proximal handle and including a deflectable distal end portion, a drive mechanism associated with the proximal handle for deflecting the distal end portion of the catheter shaft between a first po...