US Patent Issued to Stryker, Stryker European Operations on July 15 for "Implant delivery devices and methods of making the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,481, issued on July 15, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Implant delivery devices and methods of making the same" was invented by Aleksandr Leynov (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Michael Poor (San Jose, Calif.) and Hanh Ho (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling an apparatus for delivering an implant to a deployment site in a patient's vasculature, includes: positioning an implant engagement member at least partially within a lumen of a tubular structure, the tubular structure having a sidewall comprising a pattern of wires or stru...