ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,316, issued on July 15, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Implant detachment with thermal activation" was invented by Vincent Divino (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Richard Rhee (Anaheim Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment of an aneurysm or other vascular defect can be facilitated or enhanced by an implant delivered with a thermally activated detachment system. A delivery system can include an implant with a proximal portion that defines a port. A pusher device can include arms extending distally from a junction of the pusher device and through the port, with distal sections of the arms disposed within t...