ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,709, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Occlutech GmbH (Jena, Germany).
"Braided medical device and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Michael Koppe (Jena, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An medical implantable occlusion device (100) is disclosed having a collapsed state and an expanded state and comprising a braiding (101) of at least one thread, and a distal end (102) comprised of said braiding. The distal end comprises loops (103, 104, 204, 304) formed by loop strands (105, 106, 206, 306) of the at least one thread, wherein, at least in said expanded state, each loop strand has a curved shape and extends away from ...