ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,765, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Stent" was invented by Gary Gilmartin (Mayo, Ireland), Martyn G. Folan (Galway, Ireland), Geraldine Toner (Raphoe, Ireland), Paul E. Tierney (Galway, Ireland) and David Collins (Galway, 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 twis...