ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,240, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Capstan Medical Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Hooked spool delivery systems" was invented by Evelyn N. Haynes (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Daniel T. Wallace (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Peter W. Gregg (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Jeremy J. Boyette (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Spencer C. Noe (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Benjamin T. Sutton (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Bruce M. Stokes (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivery systems for expandable and stented implants include tensioning members that are attached to rotors with hook-like attachment projections are wound onto the shaft of the delivery system, which is th...