US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on June 2 for "Systems and methods for endoluminal device treatment" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,951, issued on June 2, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Systems and methods for endoluminal device treatment" was invented by James L. Goepfrich (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Thomas E. Kariniemi (Flagstaff, Ariz.), William D. Montgomery (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Edward E. Shaw (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various concepts relate to treatment systems for medical devices delivered into patients in medical procedures. The treatment system may include a proximal valve configured to receive the endoluminal device, an optional distal valve configured to receive the endoluminal device, and a treatment cham...