ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,897, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to TRIVASCULAR INC. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Tandem modular endograft" was invented by Michael V. Chobotov (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tandem modular endograft includes a main elongate tubular graft body having at least one circumferential inflatable channel disposed towards a proximal portion of the graft body wall and a plurality of circumferential inflatable channels disposed towards a distal portion of the graft body wall. A proximal expansion anchor is disposed at or secured to a proximal neck portion of the graft body wall. First and second elongate tubular stent-graft e...