ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,797, issued on July 15, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers Endovascular Robotics Inc. (Newton, Mass.).
"Percutaneous device exchange" was invented by Steven J. Blacker (Framingham, Mass.) and Christopher Zirps (Sharon, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method include operation of a device coupled to a base to hold a catheter to the base, the catheter defining a lumen in which a portion of an elongated medical device is disposed, and a portion of the catheter being disposed in a hemostasis valve, movement of the base relative to the hemostasis valve along a first path while the catheter is held to the base such that ...