ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,184, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Swiss Capital-Engineering AG (Zurich).

"Stent-graft prosthesis, system and method for improved delivery of a stent-graft prosthesis" was invented by Michael Szente Varga (Zumikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a stent-graft prosthesis and a method for navigating such stent-graft prosthesis e.g. to a branch vessel. A first stent-graft prosthesis may include a main body and at least one lateral side branch connected to the main body. A further stent-graft prosthesis according to examples has a body having a generally tubular wall structure, the wall ...