US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 27 for "Catheter including multi-layer outer jacket" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,521, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Catheter including multi-layer outer jacket" was invented by Alexander D. Squires (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and including an outer jacket. A portion of the outer jacket includes a first layer and a second layer overlying the first layer. The first layer includes a first segment and a second segment longitudinally adjacent to the first segment. The second layer includes a third segment and a fourth segment longitudinally adjacent to the third segment. Each...