{
  "patent_number": "US 12733955",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "A Medical Device for Puncturing Tissue with an Energy-Delivering Tip",
  "original_title": "Methods and devices for puncturing tissue",
  "summary": "This patent describes a medical device designed to puncture tissue using an energy-delivering tip, featuring a specific shape with curved and straight sections and a constant diameter layer for precise control.",
  "what_it_does": "This medical device is designed to create a puncture through tissue at a specific site. It includes a long, slender part called an elongate member, which has a curved section and a straight section towards its end. The straight part is closer to the very tip than the curved part. At the very end of this device is an active tip that uses energy to make the puncture. The device also features a constant diameter layer that wraps around a narrower part of the straight section, suggesting a design for smooth insertion and stability.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover medical devices that puncture tissue using only mechanical force, without delivering energy from an active tip.",
    "Does not cover devices where the distal (far) end lacks both a distinct curved portion and a distinct straight portion.",
    "Does not cover devices where the active tip is not located at the very distal end of the device.",
    "Does not cover devices where a constant diameter layer does not surround a minimum diameter portion of the distal straight section."
  ],
  "filed": "2025-10-17",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "medical_devices",
    "biotech",
    "surgical_instruments"
  ],
  "abstract": "Novel and unique medical devices and associated methods are disclosed, for a medical device for puncturing tissue at a tissue site. The medical device includes an elongate member having a distal section defining a distal section curved portion and a distal section straight portion. The distal section straight portion is distal to the distal section curved portion. An active tip is located at a distal end of the distal section. The active tip is operable to deliver energy to create a puncture through the tissue. The medical device includes a constant diameter layer. The distal section straight portion includes a minimum diameter portion located proximal to a constant diameter portion, and the constant diameter layer surrounds the minimum diameter portion.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733955/methods-and-devices-for-puncturing-tissue",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12733955/methods-and-devices-for-puncturing-tissue/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12733955",
  "relatedPatents": []
}