ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,068, issued on July 29, was assigned to Amaitus Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Temporary and retrievable expandable member" was invented by Alexander Nikanorov (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Hugh Qinghong Zhao (Pleasanton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temporary expandable tissue support device includes a plurality of helical filaments superimposed on top of one another to form a tubular body. A first end of the tubular body is coupled to an inner shaft, and a second end of the tubular body is coupled to an outer shaft slidably disposed over the inner shaft. Actuation of the inner and outer shafts in a first direction compresses the p...