US Patent Issued to Greatbatch on Dec. 30 for "Medical device including shaft with flat wire coil" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,398, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Greatbatch Ltd. (Clarence, N.Y.).

"Medical device including shaft with flat wire coil" was invented by Michael C. Bednarek (Buffalo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various examples, a shaft for an elongate medical device extends along a shaft length. The shaft includes a shaft axis, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an inner lumen. A liner forms the inner surface of the shaft. A coil is disposed around and outwardly from the liner. The coil is formed from a flat wire. The flat wire includes a wire width and a wire height, wherein the wire height is great...