ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,399, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Alydia Health Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Postpartum uterine hemorrhage device" was invented by Andy H. Uchida (Los Altos, Calif.), Piyush Arora (Fremont, Calif.), Amelia Degenkolb (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Sara Della Ripa (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Jan Segnitz (Morgan Hill, Calif.) and Nathan Bair (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-hemorrhaging device includes an elongate body, a flexible looped segment, a shield, and an inflatable seal. The elongate body is configured to attach to a vacuum source. The flexible looped segment is attached to the elongate body include...