US Patent Issued to Starlight Cardiovascular on Aug. 11 for "Ductus arteriosus and septal conduit implants and related delivery systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,572, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Starlight Cardiovascular Inc. (San Diego).

"Ductus arteriosus and septal conduit implants and related delivery systems and methods" was invented by Thomas Duerig (Fremont, Calif.), Steven John (Fremont, Calif.), Mark Juravic (Encinitas, Calif.), Vrad W. Levering (Oakland, Calif.), Kathryn A. Olson (San Diego) and Beverly T. Tang (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of stents for treating congenital heart defects and related delivery systems are provided. The devices described herein are configured for insertion into a blood vessel lumen to maintain a patency of a conduit...