US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Dec. 2 for "Hook wire for preventing premature embolic implant detachment" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,906, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Hook wire for preventing premature embolic implant detachment" was invented by Daniel Solaun (Miami) and David Blumenstyk (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods of delivering an implant to a target location of a body vessel are disclosed. A detachment system can include a tubular body including a lumen extending therethrough and a distal tube on a distal end of the tubular body. A loop wire can be affixed at a first end to the tubular body and can include a loop opening positioned approximate a distal end of the distal tube...