ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,261, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bolton Medical Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).
"Radially adjustable stent graft delivery system and method of use" was invented by Samuel Arbefeuille (Sunrise, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent graft delivery system and method for implanting a stent graft includes and employs at least one control rod that extends along a luminal wall of a stent graft and at least one ligature. The ligature extends about radial stents. Rotation of the control rod or a tube extending about the control rod wraps the ligature about the control rod, thereby radial constricting the stent about which the ligature exte...