ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,076, issued on July 1, was assigned to VONOVA INC. (Oceanside, Calif.).

"Apparatus, systems and methods for transvascular access to the brain" was invented by Jose Miguel Morales (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discusses a devices, systems and methods for transvascular, transvenous and/or transdural access, to the brain parenchyma, subarachnoid or subdural spaces. In some embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods may be used for local drug delivery, tissue biopsy, nanofluidic or microelectronic device/component delivery/insertion/implantation, in situ imaging, ablation of abnormal brain tissue a...