US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Dec. 16 for "Medical device delivery member with flexible stretch resistant distal portion" (Florida, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,431, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Medical device delivery member with flexible stretch resistant distal portion" was invented by Juan Lorenzo (Davie, Fla.), Tyson Montidoro (Raynham, Mass.), Daniel Solaun (Miami) and David Blumenstyk (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery member is provided for delivering and deploying an intravascular medical device. The delivery member includes a flexible distal portion including a wound wire coil surrounded by a flexible sleeve and inhibited from extending lengthwise by a stretch resistant member positioned through a lumen of the coil....