ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,359, issued on June 30, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"Expandable devices for treating body lumens" was invented by Julie Kulak (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Khoa Dang Vu (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Ramon Carrillo (Santa Ana, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for treating vascular defects are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present technology, for example, includes an occlusive device comprising a mesh having a low-profile state for intravascular delivery to the aneurysm and a deployed state. The mesh may comprise a tubular mesh configured to curve along its longitudinal dimension when impl...