US Patent Issued to ReFlow Medical on June 3 for "Delivery systems for stents having protruding features" (California, Ohio, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,318, issued on June 3, was assigned to ReFlow Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Delivery systems for stents having protruding features" was invented by Teodoro S. Jimenez Jr. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Patrick Lo (Diamond Bar, Calif.), John Fulkerson (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Isa Rizk (San Diego), Francisco Aguayo (Hemet, Calif.), Jihad Ali Mustapha (Ada, Mich.) and Gary Ansel (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Delivery systems for expandable elements, such as stents or scaffolds having spikes, flails, or other protruding features for penetrating target tissue and/or delivering drugs within a human patient are desc...