ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,891, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MICROVENTION INC. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Devices for treatment of vascular defects" was invented by Todd Hewitt (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Parker Milhous (Santa Ana, Calif.), Hung P. Tran (Midway City, Calif.) and John Vu (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for treatment of a patient's vasculature are described. Embodiments may include a permeable implant having a radially constrained state configured for delivery within a catheter lumen, an expanded state, and a plurality of elongate filaments that are woven together. The implant may include a cavity in a proxi...