US Patent Issued to Aria on Sept. 30 for "Implantable devices for reducing pulsatile pressure within a blood vessel" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,291, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Aria CV Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Implantable devices for reducing pulsatile pressure within a blood vessel" was invented by Lucas Harder (Minneapolis), Lynn Zwiers (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Karl Vollmers (Minneapolis), John Scandurra (St. Paul, Minn.), John Gainor (Mendota Heights, Minn.), Hendrik de Hoog (Robbinsdale, Minn.), Marc Knutson (Rogers, Minn.), Katherine Soojian (Rosemount, Minn.) and Miles Wing (Ashby, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device for reducing pulsatile pressure within a blood vessel is described herein, for example to treat pulmonary hypertension. The im...