ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,392, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Rex Medical LP (Conshohocken, Pa.).
"Atherectomy device" was invented by James F. McGuckin Jr. (Radnor, Pa.), John D. Leedle (Chicago), Colin Valentis (Lansdale, Pa.), Jenna Rose Israel (Philadelphia) and Aaron Larry Snyder (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atherectomy device for removing deposits such as plaque from an interior of a vessel including an outer member, an inner member and a rotatable shaft positioned for rotational movement within the inner member. The outer and inner members are fixed axially. A rotatable tip is mounted to the distal region of the rotatable sh...