US Patent Issued to COVIDIEN on June 30 for "High-pressure embolic material delivery device and related technology" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,366, issued on June 30, was assigned to COVIDIEN LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"High-pressure embolic material delivery device and related technology" was invented by Brad L. Jackson (San Diego), Edwin Y. Wang (Tustin, Calif.), Maria D. Sanson (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Sotheany Seang (Garden Grove, Calif.), Sydney L. Ngo (Riverside, Calif.), Komonn Lim (Lake Forest, Calif.) and Mehdi M. Rashidi (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embolic material delivery device in accordance with at least some embodiments of the present technology achieves a high pressure rating with a small wall thickness. The device includes an elongate cond...