US Patent Issued to National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center on Dec. 16 for "Ostial stenting under vision" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,203, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to National Guard Health Affairs (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Ostial stenting under vision" was invented by Muhammad Fayaz Khan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprising a stent and a stent delivery device configured with a tiny intravascular ultrasound ("IVUS") transducer on the tip of a delivery catheter which can image the interior of blood vessels. Methods for treating ostial or bifurcated lesions using the syst...