US Patent Issued to COVIDIEN on Feb. 4 for "Securing element for resheathing an intravascular device and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,690, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Securing element for resheathing an intravascular device and associated systems and methods" was invented by Erik Skillrud (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Daniel Deen (Long Beach, Calif.) and Evan Epstein (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for securing a cover of a retrieval device while the retrieval device is resheathed to a more proximal position within a delivery sheath are disclosed herein. A retrieval device may include, for example, a securing element configured to grip the cover when the retrieval device is pulled proximally...