US Patent Issued to Endologix on Dec. 30 for "Stent graft systems with restraints in channels and methods thereof" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,118, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Endologix LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Stent graft systems with restraints in channels and methods thereof" was invented by Mark Geusen (Irvine, Calif.), Dale Ehnes (Forestville, Calif.), Jason Maggard (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Riley King (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Craig Welk (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent graft system includes a first layer of graft material, a second layer of graft material, one or more stent members, one or more reducing belts, and a release wire. The one or more stent members are located between the first layer of graft material and the second layer of graft mat...