US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on July 7 for "Sleeve for medical device assembly" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,142, issued on July 7, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Sleeve for medical device assembly" was invented by Russell L. Jacoby (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Andrew W. Sloan (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a medical device assembly comprising an expandable medical device wrapped with an improved constraining sleeve. The sleeve in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure is thin walled and translucent, having reduced edge sharpness. The sleeve in accordance with the present disclosure exhibits resistance to ripping and delamination. Various embod...