ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,294, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Medical device delivery" was invented by Marc Dawson (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Ashok Nageswaran (Irvine, Calif.), Aaron Barrett (San Clemente, Calif.) and Hieu Dang (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent delivery system includes a core member and a coupling assembly rotatably coupled to the core member distal segment. The coupling assembly includes first and second plates and first and second spacers. The first plate is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes an outer surface having three or more projections separated by recesses. T...