ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,709, issued on June 16, was assigned to GENOSS Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and MDSYNOD Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Stent delivery assembly" was invented by Eun Ju Moon (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sung Min Chung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Jo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung-Jea Tahk (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a stent delivery assembly including: a catheter including a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a balloon provided closer to the proximal end than the distal end on the shaft; and a stent having a tubular shape, and coupled to the ...