ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,045, issued on Sept. 30.

"Expandable endograft devices, systems, and methods of using the same to partially or fully occlude a luminal organ" was invented by Ghassan S. Kassab (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expandable endograft devices, systems, and methods of using the same to partially or fully occlude a luminal organ. An endograft device described herein may include a stent portion and a wall portion, wherein the wall portion is configured to receive a substance therein."

The patent was filed on Nov. 23, 2021, under Application No. 17/534,071.

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