US Patent Issued to TRANSSEPTAL SOLUTIONS on Sept. 30 for "Fossa ovalis penetration catheter" (Israeli, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,922, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TRANSSEPTAL SOLUTIONS LTD. (Netanya, Israel).

"Fossa ovalis penetration catheter" was invented by Elad Sapir (Kefar Vitkin, Israel), Francesco Maisano (Milan) and Eyal Teichman (Hod-Hasharon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for puncturing a fossa ovalis includes a catheter shaped so as to define a central catheter lumen open through a catheter distal end opening. An angle between (i) a first line running between first and second lateral openings defined by the catheter and (ii) a second line that is parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the catheter when the catheter is s...