US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Jan. 13 for "Mixed-frame intraluminal prosthesis and methods thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,225, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Mixed-frame intraluminal prosthesis and methods thereof" was invented by Peng Yi (Shanghai), Zhixiu He (Shanghai) and Hongliang Ma (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraluminal prosthesis (100) and methods thereof for treating at least portal hypertension. The intraluminal prosthesis (100) includes a mixed frame of a main frame (110) and a terminal frame (120), as well as a tubular graft (130) over at least the main frame (110). The main frame (110) includes a plurality of annular members (112). Each annular member (112) includes a pl...