US Patent Issued to NorMedix on Sept. 16 for "Braided catheter assemblies" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,054, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NorMedix Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Braided catheter assemblies" was invented by Karl V. Ganske (Hopkins, Minn.), Jeffrey M. Welch (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Gregg Stuart Sutton (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly includes a catheter body extending from a catheter proximal portion to a catheter distal portion. The catheter body includes an inner liner and an outer sleeve. A braid assembly is within the catheter body and between the inner liner and the outer sleeve. The braid assembly includes a first filar array including one or more first filars helically e...