US Patent Issued to Mor Research Applications, Yeda Research and Development on July 14 for "Ureteral stents and methods for using the same" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,601, issued on July 14, was assigned to Mor Research Applications Ltd. (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).

"Ureteral stents and methods for using the same" was invented by Yaniv Shilo (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Brian Berkowitz (Rehovot, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments pertain to ureteral stents for treatment of partial or full ureteral occlusion by bridging one or more ureteral occlusions, where each stent includes a tubular portion, a first spout portion and a second spout portion. The stent may have one or more tapered edges by having the smallest diameter of the first and/...