ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,344, issued on April 29, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Anti-migration stent" was invented by John A. Hingston (Framingham, Mass.), Michael D. Amos (Ayer, Mass.), Terry V. Brown (Fridley, Minn.) and Timothy L. Rubesch (Blaine, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one flexible tie affixed to an end thereof. The tie may allow the stent to be attached to a lumen wall with a clip, such as a retention clip,...