US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Nov. 11 for "Integrated medical device constraining lumen" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,365, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Integrated medical device constraining lumen" was invented by Eric C. Lehnhardt (Tempe, Ariz.), Martin J. Sector (Gilbert, Ariz.), Franklin C. Wetherell (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Karl R. Chung (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include an implantable medical device and a constraining line conduit arranged around a circumference of the implantable medical device. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a constraining line arranged thr...