US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Jan. 27 for "Endoprosthesis delivery systems with deployment aids" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,248, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Endoprosthesis delivery systems with deployment aids" was invented by Joseph R. Armstrong (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Edward H. Cully (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jeffrey B. Duncan (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Larry J. Kovach (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Douglas F. Pajot (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Brandon C. Short (Bellemont, Ariz.), Mark J. Ulm (Flagsaff, Ariz.) and Michael J. Vonesh (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes an endoprosthesis delivery system comprising an elongate member, such as a catheter, an endoprosthesis, a covering member dispos...