US Patent Issued to Stryker on July 21 for "Clot treatment systems with dilator locking mechanisms, and associated devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,549, issued on July 21, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Clot treatment systems with dilator locking mechanisms, and associated devices and methods" was invented by Joshua Garrett Long (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Mikayla Ann Barkley (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Benjamin Edward Merritt (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are vascular access systems with dilator locking mechanisms, and associated devices and methods. In some embodiments, the dilator locking mechanisms include a first cap coupled to a dilator component and a second cap coupled to the vascular access system. The first cap can...