US Patent Issued to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM on July 8 for "Sheathed embolization device" (Texas, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,406, issued on July 8, was assigned to THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM (College Station, Texas).

"Sheathed embolization device" was invented by Duncan J. Maitland (College Station, Texas) and Adam M. Orendain (Tulsa, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes an apparatus comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam having an outside surface; and a membrane that encapsulates at least 50% of the outside surface of the SMP foam; wherein (a) the SMP foam includes a thermoset SMP, and (b) the membrane includes a thermoplastic polymer. Other embodiments are addressed herein."

The patent was filed on Oct. 13, 2023, under ...