US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Feb. 10 for "Filter and occluder systems and associated methods and devices" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,210, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Filter and occluder systems and associated methods and devices" was invented by William D. Montgomery (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Edward E. Shaw (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the instant disclosure relate to flow devices including filters and occluders for modifying flow in body conduits such as blood vessels. In some examples, such devices include a support structure and a flow media coupled to the support structure. The medical device generally further includes one or more capture features. In some examples, the ca...