US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Deployment probe for deploying a stent" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,121, issued on May 26.

"Deployment probe for deploying a stent" was invented by Aurelian Ioan Furcoiu (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployment probe for deploying a stent includes a probe body defining an outer surface, the outer surface defining a recessed portion; and a release mechanism comprising a stent retainer configured to engage and retain a stent in a compressed configuration on the recessed portion of the probe body; wherein the deployment probe further defines a front shoulder formed proximate to a front end of the probe body and extending radially outward from the recessed portion; and wherein a dia...