US Patent Issued to AtriCure on Oct. 21 for "Dual side spring V-clip for surgical treatment of left atrial appendage" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,892, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Dual side spring V-clip for surgical treatment of left atrial appendage" was invented by Frank Fago (Mason, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clip and method provide for surgically minimizing or eliminating an atrial appendage of the patient using a clip. The clip includes first and second elongate beam. The clip includes a dual side spring assembly configured to urge the first and the second elongate beams from an open V-shaped position to a parallel closed position. The dual side spring assembly includes a right-side spring and a left-side spring having first...