ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,508, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MicroVention Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Stent and stent delivery" was invented by Ronak Dholakia (Los Angeles), Hussain S. Rangwala (Villa Park, Calif.) and William R. Patterson (Huntington Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular prosthesis (e.g., stent), and packaging and delivery system to selectively deliver a vascular prosthesis are described. In some embodiments, the vascular prosthesis utilizes a low porosity and high porosity section, and the packaging and delivery system allows the prosthesis to be delivered such that the position of the low porosity and high porosity ...