ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,154, issued on April 7, was assigned to SUZHOU ZENITH VASCULAR SCITECH Ltd. (SIP Suzhou, China).
"Hybrid braided stent" was invented by Liqun Jiao (SIP Suzhou, China), Shuang Li (SIP Suzhou, China), Jie Xia (SIP Suzhou, China) and Liyou Guo (SIP Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid braided stent includes a stent body (20). The stent body (20) is a single-layer structure. The stent body (20) is a tubular structure formed by interweaving a plurality of filaments. The end areas of at least two of the plurality of filaments are different."
The patent was filed on April 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/914,228.
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