ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,052, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TriSalus Life Sciences Inc. (Westminster, Colo.).
"Dynamic microvalve protection device" was invented by Leonard Pinchuk (Miami), James E. Chomas (Denver), John B. Martin (Miami), Aravind Arepally (Atlanta), Brett E. Naglreiter (Hollywood, Fla.), Norman R. Weldon (Evergreen, Colo.) and Bryan M. Pinchuk (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endovascular system includes inner and outer catheters, a handle system operably coupled one end of the catheters, and a microvalve coupled to the other end of the catheters. The microvalve is constrained in a radially-collapsed closed configuration for ad...