ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,182, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Archo Medical LTDA (Florianopolis, Brazil).
"Multi-lumen stent-graft and related surgical methods" was invented by Pierre Galvagni Silveira (Florianopolis, Brazil) and Andrea Piga Carboni (Florianopolis, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-lumen stent-graft including a graft portion and a stent frame. The stent-graft includes multiple through-channels formed of the graft portion. The graft portion can comprise a PTFE material and the through-channels can be formed of fused portions of the graft portion. The stent-graft can be used in a prostheses that connects multiple vessel branches...