ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,576, issued on June 10, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Flexible system for delivering an anchor" was invented by Joseph Catanese III (Oakland, Calif.), Floria Cheng (San Francisco), Theodore C. Lamson (Pleasanton, Calif.), Raul Macatangay (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew McLean (San Francisco), Thomas C. Ryan (Livermore, Calif.), Ling-Kang Tong (Fremont, Calif.) and Brian Y. Tachibana (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other pur...