ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,988, issued on March 31, was assigned to 4C Medical Technologies Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Implant delivery" was invented by Jason S. Diedering (Minneapolis), Jonathan Berndt (Crystal, Minn.), Sounthara Khouengboua (Chaska, Minn.), Paul Thompson (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Shelby Jo Byron (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for an implant are provided. The implant may have a constrained configuration and a relaxed configuration. The implant may include a strut having an end that may be captured by a hub and may define a reference angle in the relaxed configuration. The implant may include a swivel ...