ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,214, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to JOTEC GmbH (Hechingen, Germany).
"Vascular prosthesis" was invented by Marleen Klausmann (Hechingen, Germany), Jan Ulmer (Sindelfingen, Germany), Oezlem Oeztuerk (Geislingen, Germany) and Rainer Lesmeister (Wannweil, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vascular prosthesis for a blood vessel of a patient, comprising: a hollow cylindrical main body having a prosthetic material, a longitudinal axis (L), and a stent frame, wherein the main body includes proximal and distal openings at proximal and distal ends, and wherein the vascular prosthesis having a first ...