US Patent Issued to KA Medical on Sept. 30 for "Braided medical device and method" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,761, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to KA Medical LLC (Roseville, Minn.).

"Braided medical device and method" was invented by John Oslund (Blaine, Minn.), Pat Russo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.) and Kevin Dunne (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a neutral hybrid braided structure may involve positioning a first set of wires on a braiding machine in a first set of positions, positioning a second set of wires on the braiding machine in a second set of positions so that the first set of positions and the second set of positions form a neutral hybrid braiding pattern, and braiding the first set of wires and...