ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,736, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Cook Medical Technologies LLC (Bloomington, Ind.).
"Thoracic aorta stent graft" was invented by David Ernest Hartley (Wannanup, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent graft for placement in a vessel of a patient, the stent graft that has a tubular body of graft material, the tubular body having a proximal inflow end, a distal outflow end, a main lumen therethrough, a longitudinal access, and a sidewall from the first end to the second end. At least one stent is along the length of the tubular body. One or more shaped recesses are formed of a concave or recessed portion of graft material...