ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,447, issued on July 8, was assigned to Maduro Discovery LLC (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Catheter construction" was invented by Brian B. Martin (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Polymeric tubing, for use with catheters or other medical devices, where the polymeric tubing can have regions of customized properties including, but not limited to, durometer, torque control, flexibility, axial strength, stiffness, etc. One variation of the device allows for transitions between regions to be configured such that there can be gradual or customized transitions between various regions such that the structural characteristics different...