ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,270, issued on July 1, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical stents" was invented by Martyn G. Folan (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable stent may include a braided tubular member formed of braided wires and including radially outward wire segments crossing over and positioned radially outward of radially inward wire segments at a plurality of crossover points. Also, the radially outward wire segments may be coated with a coating and the radially inward wire segments may be uncoated and devoid of the coating."
The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2021, under Application No...