ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,345, issued on April 29, was assigned to Apreo Health Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Endobronchial implants and related technology" was invented by Martin L. Mayse (Wayzata, Minn.), Karun D. Naga (Los Altos, Calif.), Hanson S. Gifford III (Woodside, Calif.), Steven W. Kim (Los Altos, Calif.), Michael Hendricksen (Redwood City, Calif.), Douglas S. Sutton (Pacifica, Calif.), Nifer Beth Goldman (Redwood City, Calif.), Patrick P. Wu (San Carlos, Calif.) and Jagannath Padmanabhan (San Carlos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes proximal and distal end portions sp...