ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,025, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bentley Innomed GmBH (Hechingen, Germany).
"Stent graft with sealing element" was invented by Michel M. P. J. Reijnen (Arnhem, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a chimney stent graft with a tubular stent graft body (2) and at least one sealing element (3), wherein the sealing element (3) encloses the stent graft body (2) in a middle section and the sealing element (3) comprises a sponge- and/or tangle-like, elastic structure. The sealing element (3) provides for sealing of the gap forming between the chimney stent graft (1) and the vessel wall or further paral...