US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Aug. 4 for "Delivery systems and methods of endoluminal delivery of branched vascular endoprosthetic devices" (Arizona, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,237, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Delivery systems and methods of endoluminal delivery of branched vascular endoprosthetic devices" was invented by Dustin C. Burkart (Bellemont, Ariz.), Mark Fillinger (Hanover, N.H.), Larry L. Gibbs (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Brandon C. Hedberg (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jason D. Hemmer (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Timothy E. Johnston (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Levon M. Majure (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Steven W. Nelson (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jonathan W. Thom (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Daniel J. Westphal (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and William Wilkie (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathe...