ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,054, issued on Sept. 15.
"Stent system deployment apparatus for bifurcated lesion" was invented by Khalid Al-Saadon (Cornwall, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployment apparatus and method for deploying one or more stents to a bifurcated vessel is provided. The invention is particularly suited for T-type bifurcated vessels where a side branch extends from a main branch. The deployment apparatus has a primary inflatable portion for engagement within the main branch and a secondary inflatable portion for engagement within the side branch. A main stent is arranged on the primary inflatable portion and radially expanded within...