US Patent Issued to Medtronic Vascular on June 2 for "Modular stent device for multiple vessels and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,639, issued on June 2, was assigned to Medtronic Vascular Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Modular stent device for multiple vessels and method" was invented by Keith Perkins (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Zachary Borglin (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Mathew A. Haggard (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques of this disclosure generally relate to modular stent device and method of deploying the same. The method includes introducing a delivery system including the modular stent device via supra aortic access. The delivery system is advanced into the ascending aorta. Once positioned, the modular stent device is deployed from the ...