ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,181, issued on April 22, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Intravascular devices" was invented by Hancun Chen (San Ramon, Calif.), Andrew S. Lee (San Jose, Calif.) and Brent Gerberding (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device includes an elongate member having a cross-sectional dimension that is less than 0.00085 inch, wherein the elongate member is made from a material comprising a platinum-tungsten alloy having a percentage of tungsten that is at least 10% by weight or alternatively the implantable medical device incl...