ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,677, issued on June 2, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
"Ipsilateral hypogastric stent graft delivery system" was invented by Raymond Joseph DiTullio (San Rafael, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system includes a shaft including first and second main lumens spaced from each other and forming a common U-shaped lumen at distal portions of the lumens, a delivery device including a first and second members disposed within the first and second main lumens and a manifold coupling the first and second members disposed in the common U-turn lumen, wherein proximal movement of the first member of th...