ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,590, issued on April 8, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Branched graft assembly method in vivo" was invented by Adam Howard Power (London, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A branched graft method includes securing a first end of a branch graft into a first conduit and subsequently moving the second end into a second conduit. The first conduit may be a branch vessel, such as a renal artery and the second conduit may be a main graft that extends over an aortic aneurysm. The branch graft may be deployed starting at an offset distance from the first end, thereby preventing the deployed portion from inse...