ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,442, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Bolton Medical Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).

"Dilator tip assembly for an endoprosthetic delivery device" was invented by Bryan Vancheri (Sunrise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dilator tip assembly of an endoprosthetic delivery device includes a mounting component of an endoprosthetic delivery device, the dilator tip being mountable on a distal end of the mounting component and defining a luminal conduit having a longitudinal axis and a chamfered proximal end, the luminal conduit including a luminal lateral groove. A circlip mountable on the mounting component at the mounting component lateral ...