ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,125, issued on June 24, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Guidewire fixation" was invented by Christopher E. Buller (Toronto), Chad Kugler (Buffalo, Minn.), Dean Peterson (Minneapolis), Joshua Brenizer (Oak Grove, Minn.) and Danny M. Jester (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Percutaneous devices and methods for releasably engaging a guidewire against an inner surface of a tubular member are disclosed. A percutaneous device can include a tube member, a push member, and a fixation mechanism such as a fixation balloon. The tube member can define a lumen sized and shaped to receive one or mo...