ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,665, issued on June 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Stent with anti-migration features" was invented by Martyn G. Folan (Galway, Ireland) and Gary Gilmartin (Foxford, Ireland).
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 configured to move between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The elongated tubular member may comprise at least one twisted filament, such as a knitted filament having a plurality of twisted kn...