US Patent Issued to APREVENT MEDICAL on Aug. 26 for "Methods and apparatus for treating glottic insufficiency" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,844, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to APREVENT MEDICAL INC. (Cayman Islands).

"Methods and apparatus for treating glottic insufficiency" was invented by Guan-Min Ho (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chia-Yuan Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example implant system to treat glottic insufficiency is disclosed. The implant system includes a fixation frame including a first set of flanges at a first edge of the fixation frame and a second flange at a second edge of the fixation frame, wherein the fixation frame is configured to secure the implant system at an opening of the patient's thyroid cartilage, a port system disposed ...