ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,051, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Emboline Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).
"Embolic protection device and method" was invented by Erik Krahbichler (Helsingborg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device is disclosed comprising; an elongate sheath (503) with a lumen and a distal end for positioning at a heart valve (6), an embolic protection device (200) for temporarily positioning in the aortic arch for deflection of embolic debris from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta, said embolic protection device is connectable to a transluminal delivery unit (130) extending proximally from a connection point (131), and ...