ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,249, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SafeSplints LLC (Winter Park, Fla.).
"Inflatable stent for medical treatment" was invented by Jeffrey Deren (Winter Park, Fla.), Evan Gomez (Orlando, Fla.), Anthony Mango (Orlando, Fla.), Paul Reiss (Orlando, Fla.), Miguel Leon (Orlando, Fla.) and Meng Tia (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inflatable splint can include a sleeve shaped to conform to a specific human body part and a plurality of inflatable chambers disposed on the sleeve. The sleeve, in cooperation with the plurality of chambers in an inflated condition, can be contoured to maintain the specific human body part in ...