ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,795, issued on May 12, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Tapered sleeve" was invented by Matthew G. Sondreaal (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes methods of making a sleeve comprising a conical frustum having first and second end profiles and a lumen there through for covering and constraining an expandable device, and apparatuses, systems, and assemblies comprising an expandable device and a sleeve having a frustoconical shape when the expandable device is at least partially expanded. The present disclosure further describes methods for deploying an expandable device in...