US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Sept. 9 for "Wire and catheter organizer for endovascular procedure" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,303, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Wire and catheter organizer for endovascular procedure" was invented by Dai Yamanouchi (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a guide wire and catheter disk holder that carries coiled guide wires and catheters with easy insertion of coiled guide wires and catheters through a side cutout on the holder allowing the user's hand to extend through the disk. The coiled guide wires and catheters are inserted substantially along a plane of the disk thus encouraging uncoiling and expanding of the wires and cath...