ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,502, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Angiomed GmbH & Co. Medizintechnik KG (Karlsruhe, Germany).

"Stent graft and kit" was invented by Pia U. Braeuer (Konigsbach-Stein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a stent graft, comprising: a hollow stent graft body having a lumen extending from one end of the stent graft body to the respective other end of the stent graft body, an expandable reservoir provided on an interior of the stent graft body, the expandable reservoir being covered with a separation layer on a side of the expandable reservoir facing the lumen, the expandable reservoir being arrang...