US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Nov. 18 for "Flexible feature for embolic implant deployment" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,924, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Flexible feature for embolic implant deployment" was invented by Petrica Stefanov (Loughrea, Ireland), Daniel Solaun (Miami), Francisco Ales (Miami) and Jasia Dickerson (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods of deploying an implantable medical device to a target location of a body vessel are disclosed. A delivery system can include a tubular body defining a longitudinal axis. The tubular body can include a lumen extending therethrough, a sidewall surrounding the lumen, and a feature formed from the sidewall. The feature c...