ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,602, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to V-Wave Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Systems for delivering implantable devices across an atrial septum" was invented by Nir Nae (Binyamina, Israel), Lior Rosen (Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel), Ye'ela Scop (Tel Aviv, Israel), Neal Eigler (Agoura Hills, Calif.) and Erez Rozenfeld (Shoham, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for delivering a device for regulating blood pressure across a patients atrial septum are provided. The delivery apparatus may include a first catheter, a hub having one or more engagers disposed thereon, the one or more engagers configured to releasably engage with a first e...