ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,328, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Device for anastomotic bypass" was invented by Martyn G. Folan (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent including a tubular body formed of one or more interwoven wires, a first anchor member disposed adjacent the first open end of the stent, a second anchor member disposed adjacent the second open end of the stent, and at least one divider disposed between the first and second anchor members. The first and second anchor members and the divider extend radially outward from the tubular body to divide the tubular body into at leas...