ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,850, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ZENFLOW INC. (San Francisco).
"Systems, devices, and methods for the retrieval of an implant in the prostatic urethra" was invented by Shreya Mehta (San Francisco), Aaron M. Weiss (Oakland, Calif.) and Austin Michael Bly (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods are provided for retrieval of an implant from the prostatic urethra. Embodiments of retrieval systems can include a device for insertion into the patient and a proximal control device for use in grasping a portion of the implant and withdrawing the implant into a lumen of the retrieval system."...