ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,994, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Front Line Medical Technologies Inc. (London, Canada).
"Devices and method for blood vessel occlusion" was invented by Asha Parekh (London, Canada) and Adam Power (London, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion assembly for occluding the aorta of a patient is presented. The occlusion assembly includes an elongate shaft of two separate extrusions to which an elastomeric balloon envelope is bonded to an end of each. A support wire extends through the elongates shaft and the balloon envelope. At a distal end of the shaft, the support wire is provided with an atraumatic J-tip. At the pr...