US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on Aug. 11 for "Vaso-occlusive devices and methods of use" (Pennsylvania, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,420, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Kalamazoo, Morocco).

"Vaso-occlusive devices and methods of use" was invented by Michael P. Wallace (Pleasanton, Calif.) and E. Skott Greenhalgh (Gladwyne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vaso-occlusive apparatuses, including implants, and methods of using them to treat aneurysms. For example, described herein are expandable vaso-occlusive implants that include one or more soft and expandable braided member coupled to a pushable member such as a coil that maybe inserted and retrieved from within an aneurism using a delivery catheter. In particular, t...