US Patent Issued to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems on Aug. 5 for "Systems, methods, and devices for closing holes in body lumens" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,845, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and devices for closing holes in body lumens" was invented by Wouter E. Roorda (Palo Alto, Calif.), Douglas H. Mehl (Redwood City, Calif.), Rizza A. Garcia (Newark, Calif.), Timothy C. Reynolds (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Dinorah V. Merrill (Modesto, Calif.), Dawn Ma (San Jose, Calif.), David J. Milazzo (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Aaron M. Fortson (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for closing an opening in a body lumen, the device having a first elongate member with a first lumen, a second elongate member d...