US Patent Issued to MICROVENTION on Aug. 12 for "Systems and methods for delivery of stents and stent-like devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,276, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MICROVENTION INC. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for delivery of stents and stent-like devices" was invented by Claudio Plaza (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), James M. Thompson (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Hung P. Tran (Midway City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for completely or partially excluding an aneurysm from circulation of blood are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a microcatheter, a fully or partially self-expandable stent, and a delivery device configured to be deliverable together with the stent through a lumen of the microcatheter. The del...