US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Aug. 26 for "Braided implant with detachment mechanism" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,730, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Braided implant with detachment mechanism" was invented by Megan Greenwood (Raynham, Mass.), Scott Sloss (Raynham, Mass.), Tushar Sharma (Raynham, Mass.), William Cohn (Raynham, Mass.) and Nicolo Garbin (Raynham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusive device can include a segment including an open end and a proximal end. The occlusive device can include a push wire that is positioned proximal of the proximal end. The occlusive device can include a detachment feature that is attached to the push wire via a detachment groove. The occlusive...