US Patent Issued to Covidien on Aug. 18 for "Systems and methods for treating aneurysms" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,369, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for treating aneurysms" was invented by Merdim Sonmez (Tustin, Calif.), Junwei Li (Irvine, Calif.), Madeleine Roseen (Irvine, Calif.) and Mehdi Rashidi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Treatment of aneurysms can be improved by delivering an occlusive member (e.g., an expandable braid) to an aneurysm sac in conjunction with an embolic element (e.g., coils, embolic material). A treatment system for such treatment can include an electrolytically corrodible conduit having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a detachment zone b...