US Patent Issued to JMS on May 12 for "Synthetic resin stent and stent delivery system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,793, issued on May 12, was assigned to JMS Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Synthetic resin stent and stent delivery system" was invented by Junichi Ide (Hiroshima, Japan), Shuji Fukutaki (Hiroshima, Japan) and Manami Nishihara (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synthetic resin stent is able to demonstrate self-extensibility, restorability, adhesion to the digestive tract, and ability to follow peristaltic movement. The synthetic resin stent is provided with: a first stent that has a first stent body formed as a cylindrical mesh from fibers made of synthetic resin, and that can be deformed from a reduced-diameter state to...