US Patent Issued to Acclarent on April 14 for "Guidewire assembly with intertwined core wire" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,754, issued on April 14, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Guidewire assembly with intertwined core wire" was invented by George L. Matlock (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Henry F. Salazar (Pico Rivera, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method of manufacture includes a helical wire coil and a core wire. The core wire has a first wire portion and a second wire portion. The first wire portion of the core wire extends through the helical wire coil. The second wire portion of the core wire is intertwined with the first helical wire coil to fixedly secure the core wire relative to the first helical wire co...