ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,102, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to MICROVENTION INC. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Devices for therapeutic vascular procedures" was invented by Todd Hewitt (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Brian E. Merritt (San Clemente, Calif.), William R. Patterson (Huntington Beach, Calif.), James M. Thompson (Lake Forest, Calif.), Claudio Plaza (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Hung P. Tran (Midway City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for treating a cerebral aneurysm may include proximal and distal self-expanding resilient permeable shells each including a plurality of elongate resilient filaments having a braided structure. The distal p...