US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on March 25 for "External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,166, issued on March 25, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"External steerable fiber for use in endoluminal deployment of expandable devices" was invented by Roberta A. Bloss (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Dustin C. Burkart (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Patrick M. Norris (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Matthew G. Sondreaal (Phoenix) and Stephanie M. Walsh (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes treatment of the vasculature of a patient with an expandable implant. The implant is constrained to a reduced delivery diameter for delivery within the vasculature by at least one sleeve. The implant can be...