ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,203, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Puncturable and resealable graft" was invented by Edward H. Cully (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Jeffrey B. Duncan (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Paul D. Gassler (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable grafts, particularly for arteriovenous access that may be punctured by an object such as a needle and, following removal of the object, will reseal the resulting hole to the extent of reducing fluid leakage through the graft at the puncture site to an amount less than would be typical for a conventional graft. More particularly, the grafts comprise th...