ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,003, issued on Sept. 23.
"Endovascular device for dysfunctional fistulas" was invented by Antonio Salsano (Chieti, Italy) and Giancarlo Salsano (Chieti, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The endovascular device (1) according to the invention comprises a first tubular sheath in turn comprising a fibrous layer (5) made of a fibrous material containing a coherent assembly of fibers. The ends of the device (1) form two expansion sections (7A, 7B) each of which in turn comprises an expander device (70) arranged to radially expand the endovascular device (1) at least in correspondence with the respective expansion section (7A, 7B). The...