ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,871, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HJARTA CARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).
"Devices and methods for stent graft extraction" was invented by Brian Thorson (Mequon, Wis.), Kellie R. Brown (Waterford, Wis.) and Benjamin Heard (Waukesha, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for extracting an endovascular stent graft from a vessel including a cylindrical body and an opening formed in the cylindrical body. The cylindrical body has a first open end, a second open end, and a sidewall surrounding a hollow bore of the cylindrical body. The opening is formed in the sidewall between the first open end and the second open end forming a fir...