US Patent Issued to Vascular Development on July 15 for "Low radial force vascular device and method of occlusion" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,314, issued on July 15, was assigned to Vascular Development Corp LLC (Grand Junction, Colo.).

"Low radial force vascular device and method of occlusion" was invented by Richard E. Fulton III (Grand Junction, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion apparatus comprises inner and outer sheaths and an expandable flexible tubular sleeve. The occlusion apparatus is advanced to a target site in the blood vessel. A dilator having a soft, compressible tip may be advanced through a lumen of the inner sheath to facilitate the advancement of the occlusion apparatus. The sheaths are translated relative to one another to expand the flex...