ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,235, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bolton Medical Inc. (Sunrise, Fla.).
"Method for deploying an endoluminal prosthesis at a surgical site" was invented by Samuel Arbefeuille (Sunrise, Fla.), Fletcher Christian (Sunrise, Fla.), Joseph A. Manguno Jr. (Sunrise, Fla.) and John C. Canning (Sunrise, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for implanting a prosthesis includes a control lumen and a nose cone affixed at a distal end of the control lumen. At least one supporting wire is affixed at one end, is substantially parallel to a major axis of the control lumen and is free at an opposite end, wherein the free end of at least on...