US Patent Issued to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for treating chronic total occlusion of an artery" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,649, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Systems and methods for treating chronic total occlusion of an artery" was invented by Angelo Nascimbene (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system includes a small-diameter tube having an elongated body, a distal tip, and an inner lumen that extends the length of the tube, the distal tip including a magnetic element that generates a strong focal magnetic field, and a crossing wire having an elongated body and a distal tip, the distal tip of the crossing wire including a ferromagnetic element...