US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Sept. 29 for "Implantable stent having structural extension members with growth promoting structural elements fostering growth of surrounding tissue thereto" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,135, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Implantable stent having structural extension members with growth promoting structural elements fostering growth of surrounding tissue thereto" was invented by Robert Slazas (Pinecrest, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable stent forming a tubular scaffolding including a plurality of individual struts arranged in a pattern defining open spaces. The tubular scaffolding with a lumen defined therethrough having a lumen facing surface facing radially inward toward the lumen and an opposite tissue facing surface facing radially outward aw...