US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Sept. 16 for "Pericardial modification systems and methods for heart failure treatment" (Czech, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,789, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Pericardial modification systems and methods for heart failure treatment" was invented by Samuel J. Asirvatham (Rochester, Minn.), Barry A. Borlaug (Rochester, Minn.) and Vojtech Melenovsky (Prague).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document relates to devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions. For example, this document provides devices and methods for treating heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, including diastolic heart failure, by performing a pericardial modification procedure."

The pate...