US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on May 27 for "Implantable medical device constraint and deployment apparatus" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,871, issued on May 27, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Implantable medical device constraint and deployment apparatus" was invented by Criag W. Irwin (Parks, Ariz.) and James D. Silverman (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device deployment system is disclosed that employs both a sheath element and a constraint member to protect implantable medical devices during delivery in a body while providing simple, accurate, and reliable device deployment. The delivery system is configured so that loading and deployment forces are not directly related to device diameter, length...