US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX MEDICAL on Sept. 22 for "Stylet with improved threadability" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,122, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL LLC (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Stylet with improved threadability" was invented by Benjamin Horst (Lititz, Pa.), Michael Aman (Sinking Spring, Pa.) and Mark Spinka (Jenkintown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low or non-torqueable stylet may have: a core wire including: a first pre-formed bend of a first angle of about 15-90deg; a second pre-formed bend of a second angle of about 8-15deg, the second pre-formed bend being distal of the first pre-formed bend, and the first pre-formed bend being longer than the second pre-formed bend; an intermediate portion of about 1-3 inches ...