US Patent Issued on June 17 for "Medical device and system for occluding a tissue opening and method thereof" (Utah, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,388, issued on June 17.

"Medical device and system for occluding a tissue opening and method thereof" was invented by Sung K. Lee (West Jordan, Utah), Marie A. K. Biscarrat (Salt Lake City), Juan M. R. Soto (West Jordan, Utah) and Tom Ditter (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices, systems and methods for occluding a left atrial appendage of a heart are provided. In one embodiment, the medical device includes an occluder portion and an anchor portion that are pivotably coupled to each other with hinge components. The hinge components each include a base with arms extending from the base such that the arm...