ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,885, issued on Sept. 30.
"Mesh cap for ameliorating outpouchings" was invented by Daniel Ezra Walzman (Teaneck, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-expandable occluding device can both cover the neck of an outpouching and serve as a permanent embolic plug thereby immediately stabilizing the outpouching. The self-expandable device effectively covers the neck of an outpouching with, for example, a mesh, or other at least partially occluding component, in a desired orientation across the neck of the outpouching without projecting into the parent vessel. The device incorporates elements which immediately stabilize the device in t...