US Patent Issued to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR on Aug. 4 for "Vascular implant" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,200, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INC..

"Vascular implant" was invented by Matt Casiraro (Tempe, Ariz.) and Alexander Lastovich (Gilbert, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular implant body having an oval shaped side wall surrounding a bore wherein the side wall has opposed curved end portions, an outer surface and an inner surface surrounding the bore. There are first and second filter openings on opposing ends of the bore. The body is sized and shaped to change the shape of the patient's vascular system at a vessel implant site and reduce the area available for emboli to pass."

The patent was ...