ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,026, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to JOTEC GmbH (Hechingen, Germany).
"Bifurcated stent graft and method of production thereof" was invented by Lisa Bohne (Metzingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vascular implant for implanting into a blood vessel of a patient, the vascular implant comprising a hollow-cylindrical main body with a proximal end and a distal end, a main body lumen and a longitudinal axis, and at least one hollow-cylindrical side body that branches off from the main body and comprises a side body lumen, the side body lumen being in fluid communication with the main body lu...