US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 6 for "Guidewire including an elongated body with a flexible distal section" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,085, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Guidewire including an elongated body with a flexible distal section" was invented by Ashok R. Nageswaran (Irvine, Calif.) and Daniel J. Deen (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guidewire comprising: a core wire defining a longitudinal axis; and an elongated body extending along the longitudinal axis, the elongated body defining: an inner lumen configured to retain a distal portion of the core wire and a plurality of openings, wherein each opening of the plurality of openings defines an arc defining a radius of curvature and a concave portion faci...