US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Oct. 21 for "Semispherical braided aneurysm treatment system and method" (Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,886, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Semispherical braided aneurysm treatment system and method" was invented by Lacey Gorochow (Raynham, Mass.) and Ruijiao Xu (Miami Lakes, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example aneurysm implant can include a tubular braid that can have an open end, a pinched end, and a predetermined shape. In the predetermined shape, the tubular braid can have three segments and two inversions, one of the three segments extending between the two inversions and forming a sack. Two of the segments can form a substantially semispherical shape. The tubular braid...