US Patent Issued to COVIDIEN on Nov. 4 for "Medical device delivery devices, systems, and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,518, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Medical device delivery devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Mark Ashby (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Danyong Zeng (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Agee Barooni (Irvine, Calif.), Khoa Dang Vu (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Ashok Nageswaran (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical device delivery devices, systems, and methods are disclosed herein. According to some embodiments, a medical device delivery system includes a core member and a coupling assembly positioned about the core member. The coupling assembly may include an engagement member having projections ...