US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on July 22 for "Radial adjusting self-expanding stent with anti-migration features" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,589, issued on July 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Radial adjusting self-expanding stent with anti-migration features" was invented by Louis McNern (Donegal, Ireland), Gary Gilmartin (Foxford, Ireland) and Michael Walsh (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An esophageal stent may include an expandable framework having a first end, a second end, and a central longitudinal axis extending from the first end to the second end, the expandable framework being configured to expand from a radially collapsed configuration to a radially expanded configuration, and a polymeric outer sleeve dispo...