ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,953, issued on March 17, was assigned to CEROFLO Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Intracranial stent and method for intracranial stent" was invented by Sven Tommy Andersson (Alvsjo Alvsjo, Sweden) and Eamon Oliver Brady (County Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intracranial stent includes a proximal end portion having a first diameter when the intracranial stent is in an expanded state, a distal end portion having a second diameter when the intracranial stent is in the expanded state, a central portion located between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion, the central portion having a third diameter when the in...