US Patent Issued to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska on May 20 for "Bypass graft" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,376, issued on May 20, was assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Bypass graft" was invented by Jason N. MacTaggart (Omaha, Neb.), Alexey Kamenskiy (Omaha, Neb.) and Kaspars Maleckis (Omaha, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Elastomeric bypass grafts (EBG) described herein can be pre-stretched and are able to accommodate limb flexion-induced or organ-induced deformations without producing excessive tortuosity or stresses. In comparison to known grafts, EBGs demonstrate significantly less tortuosity when used for lower extremity repair during limb flexion, and improved flow patterns within the g...