US Patent Issued to INTRESSA VASCULAR on Sept. 22 for "Cerebral stent" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,878, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to INTRESSA VASCULAR S.A. (Isnes, Belgium).

"Cerebral stent" was invented by Noureddine Frid (Beersel, Belgium) and Eric Marcoux (Wemmel, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable endoluminal prosthesis is described for use in the treatment of aneurysm involving branches. The prosthesis has a multilayer configuration, including a self-expandable braided framework extending along an axis and able to expand from a radially compressed state in a delivery configuration to a radially expanded state. The self-expandable braided framework is formed by wires, is devoid of any impermeable cov...