ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,540, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Covered endoprosthesis with improved branch drainage" was invented by Meabh Holden (Dublin), Enda Connaughton (Galway, Ireland), Richard Crawford (Galway, Ireland) and Gerasimos Rigalos (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endoprosthesis may include an expandable framework including a body portion disposed between a first end and a second end, and a bowl portion disposed along the body portion; and a polymeric cover disposed on at least a portion of the expandable framework. The bowl portion may include an inner surface and an o...