ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,202, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Elastic stent graft" was invented by Edward H. Cully (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jeffrey B. Duncan (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Ryan D. Kariniemi (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Thomas E. Kariniemi (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jeffrey J. Kustusch (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Jared S. Nelson (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stent graft including (1) a stent having a wall having at least one opening, an outer surface, and an inner surface and (2) a covering of a composite material having a least one expanded fluoropolymer membrane and an elastomer is provided. The cover can be u...