ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,612, issued on April 15, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Implantable intraluminal device" was invented by Matthew A. Johnson (Bear, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document provides implantable intraluminal stent graft medical devices. In some embodiments, the stent graft devices provided herein are implantable in bodily conduits that have side branches, and the stent graft devices are operable to allow the flow of fluids between the conduit and the side branches. In some embodiments, the walls of the stent graft devices provided herein include compliant channels which allow for fluid communicati...