ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,973, issued on March 4, was assigned to Endologix LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Endoluminal device and polymer" was invented by Mehdi Durali (Irvine, Calif.) and Lonnie Jones (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments relate to compositions for use in endoluminal devices and to methods of using compositions in endoluminal devices. The compositions include two parts, a first part including a first solution and a second part including a second solution, wherein the first solution comprises one or more pre-polymers, a non-aqueous solvent, a polymerization co-initiator or initiator and optionally one or more chain extend...