ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,201, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Vascutek Ltd. (Renfrewshire, Great Britain).
"Medical device release apparatus, system and method of use" was invented by Graeme Simpson (Glasgow, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a medical device delivery apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a head element (11) at a proximal end of the apparatus, the head being configured for extending through the medical device and projecting proximally therefrom; the head element having one or more hook elements (13) for engaging a control loop coupled to the medical device, wherein the one or more hook elements are...