ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,570, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NirvaMed Inc. (Bloomington, Minn.).
"Localized therapy delivery and local organ protection" was invented by Pramote Hochareon (Vadnais Heights, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for perfusing a localized site within a body includes a catheter assembly having a venous access line that is adapted to deliver perfusate to the localized site, a venous or arterial drainage line adapted to drain perfusate from the localized site, and an occlusion device adapted to prevent some or substantially all physiological blood flow between the localized site and the systemic circulation of the body ...