US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Dec. 2 for "Proximal link wire for preventing premature implant detachment" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,907, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Proximal link wire for preventing premature implant detachment" was invented by Daniel Solaun (Miami), Thomas Gallerani (Miami) and David Blumenstyk (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods of deploying an implant to a target location of a body vessel are disclosed. A delivery system can include a delivery tube and a pull tube, the pull tube at least partially disposed within a first lumen of the delivery tube. A link wire with two proximal ends can be welded to the pull tube and a distal end of the link wire can include a li...