Patents Represented by Attorney Kitzpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
  • Patent number: 8231667
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating an area of bifurcation where a principal body conduit separates into at least two secondary conduits comprises a radially expandable first stent body. The first stent body has a substantially conical shape and a first end having a greater diameter than a second end when fully expanded. The first stent body is preferably shaped to be independent of any other stent bodies, and is free of any means for connecting to any other stent bodies when fully expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Inventors: Jacques Seguin, Jean-Claude Laborde