US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security, The Texas A&M University System, Shape Memory Medical on April 8 for "Shape-memory polymer foam device for treating aneurysms" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,393, issued on April 8, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security Inc. (Livermore, Calif.), The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas) and Shape Memory Medical Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Shape-memory polymer foam device for treating aneurysms" was invented by Jason M. Ortega (Pacifica, Calif.), William J. Benett (Livermore, Calif.), Ward Small (Livermore, Calif.), Thomas S. Wilson (San Leandro, Calif.), Duncan J. Maitland (College Station, Texas) and Jonathan Hartman (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating an aneurysm in a blood vessel or vein, wherein the aneurysm has a dom...