US Patent Issued to Edwards Lifesciences on July 22 for "Embolic deflection device" (New Jersey, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,588, issued on July 22, was assigned to Edwards Lifesciences AG (Nyon, Switzerland).

"Embolic deflection device" was invented by Judith T. Carpenter (Moorestown, N.J.), Jeffrey P. Carpenter (Moorestown, N.J.), David A. Rezac (Lancaster, Mass.), Jeffrey C. Cerier (Franklin, Mass.), Richard C. Fortier (Concord, Mass.) and Timothy W. Robinson (Sandown, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a porous emboli deflector for preventing cerebral emboli while maintaining cerebral blood flow during an endovascular or open surgical procedure. The device prevents the entrance of emboli of a size able to cause stroke (such as great...