ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,084, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Guidewire for reducing hoop stress" was invented by John Paul Urbanski (Toronto) and Christian Balkovec (Burlington, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical guidewire assembly is movable through an exit portal of a guidewire introducer. The guidewire introducer and the medical guidewire assembly are each insertable, at least in part, into a patient. The medical guidewire assembly is configured to reduce, at least in part, the hoop stress surrounding a puncture hole extending through the tissue of the patient. This is done in resp...