ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,627, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TriVascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Low profile stent graft and delivery system" was invented by Jenine S. Vinluan (Petaluma, Calif.), Mary Jane Marston (Windsor, Calif.), Mark E. Purter (Windsor, Calif.) and Riley King (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubular prosthetic device for implantation into a body lumen includes a first part including a tubular lumen and a second part including an attachment member. The second part is secured to the first part via various configurations, where the device is capable of being reduced to a diameter less than the diameter of traditi...