ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,446, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Frontier Bio Corp. (Hayward, Calif.).

"System and method for creating an object with a conduit with particular vascular applications" was invented by Eric Bennett (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of creating an object with a conduit is disclosed. A material is deposited on a sacrificial collector; and, the sacrificial collector is then removed to create the object with the conduit. Both the object and the sacrificial collector can approximate the shape of desired blood vessel. The method can also include a 3-D printing of the d...