ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,862, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).
"Covered vascular plug" was invented by Christopher Cindrich (Highland, Utah), John Hall (Bountiful, Utah) and Wayne Mower (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices used to restrict flow within a blood vessel are disclosed. Devices within the scope of this disclosure include a braided lattice of nitinol wires that form self-expanding enclosures of an embolic structure. The devices may further include embolic particles disposed within the enclosures. Methods of deploying the devices with the embolic particles are disclosed. Methods of ...