US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Dec. 30 for "Medical device delivery systems with twisting loop wires" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,032, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Medical device delivery systems with twisting loop wires" was invented by Lacey Gorochow (Raynham, Mass.), Robert Slazas (Raynham, Mass.) and Zhixian Chen (Raynham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detachment system for delivering an embolic coil implant to a treatment site is provided. A loop wire that is looped over a pull wire of the system can include one or more twists to increase frictional resistance against the pull wire. The additional resistance decreases likelihood of premature deployment of the embolic coil prior to the detachment...