ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,117, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Pulmonx Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Devices and systems for lung treatment" was invented by Ryan Olivera (Granite Bay, Calif.) and Srikanth Radhakrishnan (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for measuring the diameter of an airway in a human or animal subject are disclosed. The device comprises a flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end. Flexible sizing elements are disposed along and extend approximately orthogonally from the catheter body. The sizing elements have different heights from one another and are configured to fit th...