ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,277, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MicroVention Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Embolic containment" was invented by George R. Greene Jr. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Ivan Sepetka (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Cathy Lei (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Alejandro Berenstein (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods used to seal a treatment area to prevent embolic agents from migrating are described. The concept has particular benefit in allowing liquid embolic to be used with a variety of intravascular therapeutic applications, including for occluding aneurysms and...