US Patent Issued to MICROVENTION on July 1 for "Braiding mechanism and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,975, issued on July 1, was assigned to MICROVENTION INC. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Braiding mechanism and methods of use" was invented by James M. Thompson (Lake Forest, Calif.), Brian J. Cox (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Robert Rosenbluth (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Philippe Marchand (Lake Forest, Calif.), John Nolting (Poway, Calif.), Darrin J. Kent (Murrieta, Calif.), Tan Q. Dinh (Santa Ana, Calif.), Hung P. Tran (Westminster, Calif.) and James A. Milburn (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of braiding using a braiding mechanism are described. The braiding mechanism includes a disc defining a plane and a circumferential ed...