ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,308, issued on July 14, was assigned to ProVerum Ltd. (Dublin).
"Device and method for deploying expandable implants" was invented by Riona Ni Ghriallais (Gaillimh, Ireland) and Conor Harkin (Dublin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for deploying an implant in a patient's body comprises a deployment drive that is operable by moving a deployment control element from a first position in which the implant is undeployed, to a second position in which the implant is partially deployed, and to a third position in which the implant is fully deployed. A detent mechanism blocks movement of the control element from the second position to...