ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,177, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to eLum Technologies Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for customizable flow diverter implants" was invented by Quang Tran (Atherton, Calif.), Yen Tu (Fremont, Calif.), Noelle Bagnall (Irvine, Calif.), Victor Barajas (Pleasanton, Calif.) and David Li (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Neurovascular flow diverter and delivery systems, and methods of using the same are described herein. The systems can include an introducer sheath, a catheter, a deployable flow diverter that can be contained in the introducer sheath or in the catheter, a core wire, and one or several deploymen...