MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621030279 A) filed by Meril Corporation (I) Private Limited, Valsad, Gujarat, on March 13, for 'delivery device for deploying a stent.'

Inventor(s) include Kothwala, Deveshkumar Mahendralal; Solanki, Himanshu Rajesh; and Patel, Bhuminkumar Kaushikbhai.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A delivery device (100) for deploying a stent includes a shaft (110), a sheath (140) disposed over the shaft (110), having a lumen (142) extending between a proximal end (140a) and a distal end (140b) and an anchor assembly (170) disposed within the lumen (142) of the sheath (140). The anchor assembly (170) includes a body (172) having an internal cavity (172a) and a plurality of slots (172b) circumferentially disposed on an outer surface of the body (172) and in communication with the internal cavity (172a), a plurality of engaging members (174) disposed within a corresponding one of the plurality of slots (172b) configured to move between a radially inward and outward position relative to the body (172), an actuator (176) disposed within the internal cavity (172a) and configured to move axially relative to the body (172)."

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