US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 21 for "Devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of vascular defects" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,890, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for the treatment of vascular defects" was invented by Maria Aboytes (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Arturo S. Rosqueta (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second porti...