ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,202, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Direct cardiac pressure monitoring" was invented by Gregory Bak-Boychuk (San Clemente, Calif.), Glen T. Rabito (Lake Forest, Calif.), Juan Valencia (Fullerton, Calif.) and Joseph Arthur Passman (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A septal closure device includes a frame comprising one or more tissue anchor features, an occluding membrane, and a pressure sensor device attached to the occluding membrane."
The patent was filed on Aug. 4, 2021, under Application No. 17/394,180.
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