Ra Medical Systems Announces Allowance Of New Closure Device Patent; First Patent Out Of Six Applications On File For LockeT Product
First patent out of six applications on file for LockeT product
FORT MILL, SC / ACCESSWIRE / August 14, 2023 / Ra Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE:RMED) today announced that it has received notification of allowance of the first patent to be issued for the company's LockeT product. Entitled "Vessel Closing Device", the patent to be granted is one in a family of six patent applications on file in the US, and in a number of foreign countries, including the European Community, Japan, and China.
David Jenkins, interim CEO of Ra Medical Systems, commented, "We are pleased to see the first of what should be several patents to come about with the LockeT closure device. It is a clever design and invention, and we are hopeful that it will be quite successful in the market for assisting in the closure of percutaneous wound sites, not only in our field of electrophysiology, but also in structural heart and vascular surgery."
This new patent will join the company's library of over fifty patents and patent applications on the company's three cardiology technologies.
About LockeT
Catheter Precision's LockeT is a suture retention device intended to assist in hemostasis after percutaneous venous punctures. LockeT is a Class 1 device registered with the FDA.