ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,326, issued on March 18, was assigned to JMS Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Synthetic resin stent" was invented by Ayaka Yamamoto (Hiroshima, Japan) and Shuji Fukutaki (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent can ensure storability in thin tubular members such as delivery systems and is insusceptible to positional displacement after placement of the stent in an affected part of a bodily conduit. This synthetic resin comprises a tubular first braid component comprising a plurality of fibers that are braided into a net-like form, and a second braid component comprising a plurality of fibers that are disposed braided int...