ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,653, issued on July 21, was assigned to Restore Endosystems LLC (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for treating bifurcating blood vessels" was invented by Stefan Georg Schreck (Duvall, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices and methods for placing a bifurcated stent into a bifurcating blood vessel are described herein. Also, described herein are methods for treating aorto-iliac occlusive disease. The bifurcated stent can be mounted onto a catheter comprising at least two balloons by mounting a first branch stent of the bifurcated stent onto a first balloon and a second branch stent of the bifurcated stent on...