US Patent Issued to Laminar on May 20 for "Devices, systems, and methods for occluding cavities within the body" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,116, issued on May 20, was assigned to Laminar Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for occluding cavities within the body" was invented by Randall T. Lashinski (Windsor, Calif.) and Joshua J. Dwork (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments of a device for closing or occluding a cavity or opening within a body. Some embodiments of the device can include an implant configured to be deployed within the cavity, configured to be expanded or moved against a wall portion of the cavity, and configured to twist at least a portion of the cavity when the implant is rotated. Thereafter, a ...