Patents
The following is a list of VGS’s worldwide patents and pending patent applications associated with the company’s products.
Such presentation on VGS’s website is in accordance with US, and outside US, laws, rules, and regulations regarding marking of products which are patented, or patent pending, for the objective of providing ready access and notice to the public.
Patent numbers are marked on: (a) an individual product or a part/component thereof, (b) a package of a multiple of same individual products, or/and (c) a package of a combination of different individual products.
Accordingly, products listed below may be: (a) individually packaged, (b) included in a package of same individual products, or/and (c) included in a package of a combination of different individual products.
VEST 2.0
ASYMMETRIC EXTERNAL SUPPORT FOR STABILIZING A VEIN GRAFT USED IN A CORONARY ARTERIAL BYPASS (CABG) PROCEDURE
US Patent
US 11,291,565
Outside US Patents Pending
Europe, Canada, Australia, China, Japan
VEST 1.0
EXTERNAL STENT
US Patent
US 8,734,503
US 9,265,632
US 9,949,852
Outside US Patents
EP 2361059
CA 2,743,803
AU 2009318772
JP 5,855,460
IL 213111 (Israel)
ZL 200980155497.1 (China)
ZA 2011/03750 (South Africa)
COMPLIANT VENOUS GRAFT / COMPLIANT
BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT / GRAFT APPARATUS
US Patent
US 7,998,188
US 8,057,537
US 8,172,746
US 8,382,814
US 8,747,451
US 8,906,082
US 9,517,069
US 9,517,121
US 10,092,293
US 10,595,868
VIOLA
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USE IN SURGICAL VASCULAR ANASTOMOTIC PROCEDURES
US Patent
US 11,219,458
US 11,350,937
D884,174
D889,656
Outside US Patents
AU 2018262901
JP 7182797
Patents Pending
USA, Europe, Canada, China
SHEATH
SHEATH FOR USE IN PERFORMING SURGICAL
VASCULAR ANASTOMOTIC PROCEDURES
US Patent
D884,177
Outside US Patents
USA, Europe, Canada, Japan