US Patent Issued to COVIDIEN on March 18 for "Systems and methods for treating aneurysms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,110, issued on March 18, was assigned to COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for treating aneurysms" was invented by Hoai Nguyen (Westminster, Calif.), Junwei Li (Irvine, Calif.) and Andyanhdzung Huynh (Westminster, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment of aneurysms can be improved by delivering an occlusive member (e.g., an expandable braid) to an aneurysm sac in conjunction with an embolic element (e.g., coils, embolic material). A treatment system for such treatment can include an electrolytically corrodible conduit having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a detachment zone between the proximal ...