ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,116, issued on June 3, was assigned to Xcardia Innovation Ltd (Rehovot, Israel).
"Cardiac lead extraction device" was invented by Benny Rousso (Rishon-LeZion, Israel), Rodny Zarini (Moshav Pedaya, Israel), David Maier Neustadter (Nof Ayalon, Israel), Yonatan Levi (Tel Aviv, Israel), Naama Winetraub (Holon, Israel), Lior Eshel (Rishon-LeZion, Israel) and Assaf Erell (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a cardiac lead extraction device, comprising: a handle; an elongated body having a first proximal end, a first distal end, and a first lumen extending from said first proximal end toward said first d...