ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,888, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC (Raynham, Mass.).
"Twister implant detachment mechanism" was invented by Scott Sloss (Raynham, Mass.), Megan Greenwood (Raynham, Mass.), Tushar Sharma (Raynham, Mass.) and William Cohn (Raynham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endovascular implant detachment mechanism is disclosed that can include an endovascular implant, a connector, a push wire, and one or more lock wires. The connector can be attached to a pinched end of the implant and can include an aperture at a second end. The connector can include a generally circular cavity distal to the aperture. The...