ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,852, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Stent with anti-migration features" was invented by Mark Phillip Olson (New Brighton, Minn.), Raymond David Gessler III (Roberts, Wis.), Matthew Maciej (Rogers, Minn.), Nathan Stenger (St. Paul, Minn.), Danielle Frankson (Dayton, Minn.), David Robert Wulfman (Minneapolis), Kurt Nicholas Robakiewicz (Upton, Mass.) and Ryan V. Wales (Northborough, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stents and/or endoluminal implants for extending across two non-adherent structures/tissues. An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular body having ...