US Patent Issued on March 25 for "Method of performing a minimally invasive bypass" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,377, issued on March 25.

"Method of performing a minimally invasive bypass" was invented by Simon B. Rayhanabad (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for performing a medical procedure on a patient with two blood vessels, including a first lumen and a second lumen. The method involves making an incision in the skin to access the first and second locations of the blood vessels, puncturing the blood vessels at these locations, and inserting stent-grafts into the lumens. The stent-grafts include branching vascular grafts that are expanded to contact the inner surfaces of the lumens. The first an...