ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,577, issued on April 29, was assigned to CHENXING (NANTONG) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Nantong, China).

"Atrial shunt device, manufacturing method, and atrial shunt system using shunt device" was invented by Yuchen Liang (Nantong, China), Chengwen Jiang (Nantong, China), Zhongliang Xiong (Nantong, China) and Meihui Zhang (Nantong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention pertains to the field of medical devices and specifically relates to an atrial shunt device and its manufacturing method, as well as the application of this device in an atrial shunt system. The atrial shunt comprises a middle channel structure with left a...