US Patent Issued to Coherex Medical on Jan. 27 for "Occlusive material for medical device, system, and method thereof" (Utah, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,138, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Coherex Medical Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Occlusive material for medical device, system, and method thereof" was invented by Sung K. Lee (West Jordan, Utah), Annabel Lee (Salt Lake City), Tom Ditter (Mission Viego, Calif.), William J. Z. Taylor (Redlands, Calif.) and Robert S. Friedman (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices, systems and methods for forming an occlusive material for occluding a left atrial appendage of a heart are provided. In one embodiment, the occlusive material includes a foam portion that extends as a single piece, seamless monolithic structure that is si...