ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,887, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Medical system for treating a left atrial appendage" was invented by Eric Wedul (Minneapolis) and Keith R. Maile (New Brighton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system may include a left atrial appendage closure device including an expandable framework and a proximal hub disposed along a central longitudinal axis of the expandable framework, the expandable framework being configured to shift between a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployed configuration; wherein the left atrial appendage closure device include...