ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,888, issued on June 10, was assigned to GYRUS ACMI INC. (Southborough, Mass.).
"Ureteral stent with anti-migration features" was invented by Kurt G. Shelton (Woburn, Mass.) and Antonio E. Prats (Shrewsbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ureteral stent including a tubular body and a first anti-migration feature including one or more projections extending outward from the tubular body. The first anti-migration feature may be configured to be placed entirely within a patient's ureter. The first anti-migration feature may be provided entirely at a proximal bladder section of the tubular body and be configured to not enter the pa...