US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences on Feb. 3 for "Vascular closure device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,109, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Vascular closure device" was invented by Greg Walters (Exton, Pa.) and Joseph T. Grintz (Glenmoore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular closure device includes a release component, a delivery component, a sealing device and at least one actuator. The release component is elongate along a longitudinal direction, and defines a distal end and a proximal end. The delivery component extends along the release component such that at least the release component is movable relative to the delivery component. The delivery component includes a delive...