US Patent Issued to ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS on June 10 for "Scaffolds having a radiopaque marker and methods for attaching a marker to a scaffold" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,755, issued on June 10, was assigned to ABBOTT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Scaffolds having a radiopaque marker and methods for attaching a marker to a scaffold" was invented by Rommel Lumauig (San Jose, Calif.), Joel Harrington (Redwood City, Calif.), Chad Abunassar (San Francisco), David D. Hart (Temecula, Calif.), Cornel I. Ciurea (Murrieta, Calif.), Mark A Ritchie (Fallbrook, Calif.), Jay A. King (Temecula, Calif.) and Jill McCoy (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scaffold includes a radiopaque marker connected to a strut. The marker is retained within the strut by a head at one or both en...