ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,472, issued on April 14, was assigned to LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SCIENTIFIC) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).
"Covered stent" was invented by Benhao Xiao (Shenzhen, China) and Caiping Liu (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a covered stent (100), including a hollow tubular main body (10), and a window (20) provided on a side wall of the tubular main body (10). An elastic supporting member (30) is provided at a periphery of the window (20); an imaging member (40) is provided on the elastic supporting member (30); and at least part of the imaging member (40) is movably connected to the elastic supporting member (30). ...