US Patent Issued to The Foundry on March 24 for "Expandable devices and associated systems and methods" (Connecticut, California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,538, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Foundry LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Expandable devices and associated systems and methods" was invented by Hanson S. Gifford III (Woodside, Calif.), Edward DeWitt Gifford (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Vrad W. Levering (Smithville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expandable devices are disclosed herein. Several of the embodiments are directed towards an expandable device comprising a stent configured to be expanded within a body conduit of a human patient. The stent may comprise a tubular sidewall having first portions and second portions. Radial expansion of the stent may cause the first p...