ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,362, issued on June 30, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Embolic device delivery system" was invented by Yihan Wang (Shanghai), Yuqiang Wang (Shanghai), Yunguo Qin (Shanghai), Junmin Guo (Shanghai) and Shengfeng Shi (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distal portion (16) of an elongated body (12) is configured to mate with a distal portion (20) of an interface member (18) mechanically connected to an embolization device (22). The embolization device (22) is additionally attached to the elongated body (12). The elongated body distal portion (16) and the interface member proximal portion (19) may collectively def...