ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,305, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Stental GmbH (Loerrach, Germany).
"Multilumen implant" was invented by Jorg TeBarek (Lingen, Germany) and Milisav Obradovic (Lorrach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multilumen implant for the application in human and animal bodies, comprising a substantially tubular element (1) that divides into a proximal (2) and a distal section (3), and at least one stent (8) for the fixation of the proximal section in a target vessel, wherein the tubular element (1) is designed to branch in the distal section (3) into at least two lumens (4, 5)."
The patent was filed on N...