US Patent Issued to Acandis on March 31 for "System and method for braiding a patient-customized stent" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,012, issued on March 31, was assigned to Acandis GmbH (Pforzheim, Germany).

"System and method for braiding a patient-customized stent" was invented by Andreas Ding (Karlsruhe, Germany), Andres Braschkat (Bretten, Germany) and Manuel Kalber (Niefern Oschelbronn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a system for braiding a patient-specific adapted stent. The system includes at least one set with multiple braiding sleeves and a base carrier for receiving at least two braiding sleeves of the set, wherein the braiding sleeves each have an inner contour adapted to the outer contour of the base carrier, so that...