ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,961, issued on March 11, was assigned to SHOCKWAVE MEDICAL INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Guide catheter for flow modifying device" was invented by Scott R. Wilson (Maple Grove, Minn.), Sai Ho Choy (Richmond, Canada), Keith Alan Jackson (Newberry, Fla.), Ernest Wai Wong (Douglaston, N.Y.), Guy Patrick Vanney (Blaine, Minn.), Jason Lee Ladoucer (North Branch, Minn.) and Fredericus Antonius Colen (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for implanting a flow modifying device in a heart comprises a flow modifying device comprising a tubular body comprising first and second openings located at first and second ends...