ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,921, issued on June 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Flow control stent" was invented by Michael Walsh (Galway, Ireland), Javier Palomar-Moreno (Galway, Ireland), Martyn G. Folan (Galway, Ireland), Emma J. Mooney (Galway, Ireland), Shane Moylan (Galway, Ireland), Thomas Holly (Galway, Ireland), David Hegarty (Galway, Ireland) and Darren Curran (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to the field of medical devices and establishing fluid communication between body lumens. In particular, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for est...