US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security, The Regents Of The University Of California on May 27 for "Stent with expandable foam" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,835, issued on May 27, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.) and The Regents Of The University Of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Stent with expandable foam" was invented by Thomas S. Wilson (Castro Valley, Calif.), Duncan J. Maitland (College Station, Texas), Ward Small IV (Livermore, Calif.), Patrick R. Buckley (Alameda, Calif.), William J. Benett (Livermore, Calif.), Jonathan Hartman (Sacramento, Calif.) and David Saloner (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent for treating a physical anomaly. The stent includes a skeletal support structure for expanding in the physical anom...