US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Oct. 21 for "Hemostatic devices and methods of use" (New Jersey, Minnesota, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,242, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Hemostatic devices and methods of use" was invented by Satish Pulapura (Bridgewater, N.J.), Fatima Buevich (Highland Park, N.J.), Jorie S. Soskin (Edina, Minn.), Franklin R. Mansfield (Jacksonville, Fla.), Kai R. Worrell (Hopkins, Minn.), Charlie Wood (Delano, Minn.), Jorge Alberto Trevino Blanco (Minneapolis) and Narvel M. Brooks III (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchorage device is provided that is configured to surround an implantable medical device. The anchorage device includes a substrate and a hemostatic agent. The substrate includes a firs...