ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,023, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Delivery system aid and associated systems and methods" was invented by Jamin R. Godbey (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Dean A. Shute (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoluminal delivery system including an introducer sheath, a delivery catheter configured to pass through the introducer sheath, an endoluminal device releasably maintained along the delivery catheter at a delivery profile, and a guidewire tube removably received by the endoluminal device, the guidewire tube including an enlarged feature configured to prevent insertion of th...