US Patent Issued to AtriCure on Nov. 25 for "Exclusion device application instruments and related methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,380, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Exclusion device application instruments and related methods" was invented by Edward Biehle (Mason, Ohio), Frank Fago (Mason, Ohio), Carol Ann Mata (Cincinnati) and Lynn Ann Recker (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An application instrument for an exclusion device may include an end effector including a head configured to be disposed distally on a shaft, a stationary jaw fixedly disposed on the head and configured to releasably couple to a first clampin...