US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on April 15 for "Pliant members for receiving and aiding in the deployment of vascular prostheses" (Utah, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,634, issued on April 15, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Pliant members for receiving and aiding in the deployment of vascular prostheses" was invented by Wayne Mower (Bountiful, Utah), Michael Adams (Bluffdale, Utah), Zeke Eller (Plano, Texas), John Hall (North Salt Lake, Utah) and Christopher Cindrich (Highland, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular prosthesis deployment device and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments the deployment device may include a delivery catheter assembly. The delivery catheter assembly may include a pliant member, wherein the pliant member is configur...