US Patent Issued to Inceptus Medical on July 21 for "Braiding machine and methods of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,958, issued on July 21, was assigned to Inceptus Medical LLC (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Braiding machine and methods of use" was invented by Richard Quick (Mission Viejo, Calif.), John Coleman Thress (Capistrano Beach, Calif.) and Greg Ulrich (Laguna Woods, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed herein. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and t...