US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on June 16 for "Suture linkage for inhibiting premature embolic implant deployment" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,526, issued on June 16, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Suture linkage for inhibiting premature embolic implant deployment" was invented by Ruijiao Xu (Miami Lakes, Fla.) and Lacey Gorochow (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are various exemplary systems and methods for deploying an implant to a target location of a body vessel. The delivery member can include a tubular body including a lumen and compressed distal portion. The delivery member can include a loop wire with a loop opening positioned approximate the compressed distal portion. The delivery member can include a pull wire t...