US Patent Issued to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES on July 8 for "Minimally invasive implantable devices" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,177, issued on July 8, was assigned to COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).

"Minimally invasive implantable devices" was invented by Elizabeth M. Brown (Bloomington, Ind.), Donald R. Sandmore (Ellettsville, Ind.), Kathryn R. Hardert (Bloomington, Ind.) and Erin Roberts (Bloomington, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive implantable device has a generally cylindrical device body that includes: a first end having a first element; a second end having a second element; a wall disposed between the first end and the second end, and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface defin...