ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,646, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Medical device delivery member with flexible stretch resistant mechanical release" was invented by Juan Lorenzo (Davie, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for delivering and deploying an implantable medical device is presented that includes a delivery member having a flexible distal portion. The deliver member can include a proximal hypotube, a flexible coil extending distally from the proximal hypotube, a compressible distal hypotube extending distally from the flexible coil, a sleeve extending along the flexible coil, and a l...