US Patent Issued to FLOW DIRECTORS on June 2 for "Stent and method for use thereof" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,675, issued on June 2, was assigned to FLOW DIRECTORS LLC (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Stent and method for use thereof" was invented by Joseph Horton (Birmingham, Ala.), Marcelino Bowker Gorospe (Redwood City, Calif.) and Mohit Dhoriya (Bethel Park, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent and methods for use of the stent are provided. The stent is positionable in a blood vessel adjacent an opening to an aneurysm. The stent is configured to deflect portions of blood flow away from the opening to the aneurysm to decrease the amount of blood flow entering the aneurysm and decrease the rate at which blood floor enters the aneurysm, and/or i...