ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,488, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MEDINOL LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Helical stent with enhanced crimping" was invented by Yoram Richter (Ramat Hasharon, Israel) and Igor Belobrovy (Petah-Tiqwa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to an endovascular device having an undulating pattern of struts and loops, where at least one strut has a bend in the crimped profile for reducing the compressed diameter. The strut configuration comprises one or more bent sections facing in opposite convex and concave orientations, thereby creating a space or hollow for an oppositely aligned portion of the device to nestle...