US Patent Issued to Olympus Medical Systems on July 7 for "Delivery device and method for indwelling stent" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,973, issued on July 7, was assigned to Olympus Medical Systems Corp. (Tokyo).

"Delivery device and method for indwelling stent" was invented by Yoichi Sakurada (Tachikawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device includes a handle, a first sheath having a proximal end portion connected to the handle, a second sheath through which the first sheath is inserted, the second sheath translatable relative to the handle in a longitudinal direction of the delivery device, a third sheath through which the second sheath is inserted and a length adjustment mechanism. A distance in the longitudinal direction of the delivery device be...