ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,046, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Controlled endoprosthesis balloon expansion" was invented by Larry J. Kovach (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Joseph B. Koenig (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical assembly includes a balloon expandable endoprosthesis comprising a plurality of ringed stent elements flexibly connected to each other via at least one flexible connector, the endoprosthesis being deployable from an undeployed state with an undeployed diameter to a deployed state with a deployed diameter. The medical assembly further includes a catheter assembly comprising a...