US Patent Issued to TVA Medical on Sept. 30 for "Vascular stent devices and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,044, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TVA Medical Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vascular stent devices and methods" was invented by Thomas D. Pate (Austin, Texas) and William E. Cohn (Bellaire, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are devices, systems, and methods for cannulating a vessel. Generally, the method may comprise advancing a stent into a first vessel and deploying the stent in the first vessel to hold open one or more valves. This may permit retrograde blood flow through the blood vessel in peripheral vasculature and aid in cannulation of the blood vessel."

The patent was filed on Feb. 23, 2022, under A...