ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,915, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VeinWay Ltd. (Or-Yehuda, Israel).
"Vessel blockage passing" was invented by Jordan Pollack (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Gal Atarot (Kfar Saba, Israel), Tanhum Feld (Kfar Yehezkel, Israel) and Ben Adam Friesem (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for passing a blocked vein, including: (a) an intravascular catheter body defining at least one lumen; (b) a radially expandable anchor at a distal end of said catheter; and (c) a penetration tool sized and shaped to be delivered by the lumen to a point distal of the expandable anchor, the penetration tool including a tip and configured for...