ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,991, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles).

"Systems and methods for hemoclip deployment" was invented by David Goldenberg (Los Angeles), Andy Schieber (Tustin, Calif.), Marcus Souza (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Andrew DiGiore (New York) and Ryan Evans (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for safely and effectively deploying a hemoclip onto a patient's desired target using a hemoclip system. For instance, disclosed is an catheter that includes a lumen for a hemoclip to pass through. Additionally, disclosed are hemoclips that are configured to be in a compressed ...