US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "Mechanism and device for left atrial appendage occlusion with electrical isolation" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,924, issued on Sept. 9.

"Mechanism and device for left atrial appendage occlusion with electrical isolation" was invented by Robert S. Fishel (Palm Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion device including a membrane, a plurality of fixation splines, at least two electrical conductors and an interconnect, the interconnect positioned in the membrane for coupling the fixation splines and the electrical conductors, the fixation splines for affixing the LAA occlusion device to an ostium of the LAA and the electrical conductors for applying high voltage electricity to the ostium of the LAA, wherein...