US Patent Issued to Bolton Medical on Sept. 9 for "Systems, devices, and methods for marking and/or reinforcing fenestrations in prosthetic implants" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,052, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bolton Medical Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).

"Systems, devices, and methods for marking and/or reinforcing fenestrations in prosthetic implants" was invented by Shannon E. Eubanks (Woodinville, Wash.), Edward Wulfman (Woodinville, Wash.), Jay Miazga (Langley, Wash.) and Daniel Piha (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for marking and/or reinforcing fenestrations in grafts are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a radiopaque marker for a graft is provided. The marker can be secured to the graft in the area near a fenestration such that the marker is visible v...