ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,490, issued on April 14, was assigned to Elixir Medical Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.).
"Uncaging stent" was invented by Motasim Sirhan (Los Altos, Calif.), John Yan (Los Gatos, Calif.), Vinayak Bhat (Cupertino, Calif.), Joseph Paraschac (Campbell, Calif.), Brett Cryer (Fremont, Calif.) and Benjamyn Serna (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent (scaffold) or other luminal prosthesis comprising circumferential structural elements which provide high strength after deployment and allows for scaffold to uncage, and/or allow for scaffold or luminal expansion thereafter. The circumferential scaffold is typically formed from non-d...