US Patent Issued to Stryker on Sept. 23 for "Image guided surgery system guide wire and methods of manufacturing and use" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,066, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Image guided surgery system guide wire and methods of manufacturing and use" was invented by Paul Lesch (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Alexander Houck (Hopkins, Minn.), Aaron Pidde (Bloomington, Minn.) and Matt Higgins (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a guide wire system comprising (a) a guide wire having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the guide wire comprises a superelastic material, (b) a first connector coupled to the proximal end of the guide wire, (c) a second connector coupled to the guide wire between th...