ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,886, issued on Sept. 30.
"Atrial appendage excluder" was invented by Eric William Schneeberger (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion clip is disclosed herein. The occlusion clip comprises a resilient base strip including a plurality of base strip segments defining a hexagonal profile that represents an open state of the occlusion clip. A plurality of housing segments is provided on each of the base strip segments. A core element is disposed and extends within the housing segments defining a half of the hexagonal profile, wherein the core element is configured for linear movement within the housing segments. An actu...