US Patent Issued to VenoStent on Nov. 25 for "Polymeric vascular grafts which induce neovascularization with mild to minimal inflammation and promotion of fibrovascular tissue" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,720, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to VenoStent Inc. (Houston).

"Polymeric vascular grafts which induce neovascularization with mild to minimal inflammation and promotion of fibrovascular tissue" was invented by Timothy C. Boire (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to shape memory polymer devices that are porous. The porosity of the device may generate advantageous neovascularization, decrease inflammation, and decrease fibrosis. The device may include a surface having a pore size of 400 micro metre-1200 micro metre and a pore spacing of about 100 micro metre to about 750 micro metre."

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