US Patent Issued to Advanced Bifurcation Systems on March 31 for "Fully crimped stent for treating bifurcations" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,013, issued on March 31, was assigned to Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Fully crimped stent for treating bifurcations" was invented by Ashur Bourang (Turlock, Calif.) and Henry Bourang (Turlock, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent delivery system for treating a bifurcated vessel includes a first elongate shaft with a first expandable member. A first stent having a side hole is disposed over the first expandable member. A second elongate shaft has a second expandable member. The second elongate shaft is slidably disposed under the proximal end of the first stent and extends out of the side hole. The...