US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Feb. 18 for "Percutaneous medical device delivery system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,622, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Percutaneous medical device delivery system" was invented by Arash Kheradvar (Irvine, Calif.) and Gregory S. Kelley (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device delivery system including a delivery sheath that includes an internal lumen, and a plurality of delivery arms contained within the internal lumen of the delivery sheath and extending along a longitudinal axis of the internal lumen of the delivery sheath, wherein distal ends of the delivery arms include fasteners configured to engage with a basal structure...