ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,117, issued on May 20, was assigned to Occlutech Holding AG (Jena, Germany).
"Asymmetric occluder device" was invented by Elaheh Malakan Rad (Jena, Germany) and Ziyad Mousa Hijazi (Jena, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An asymmetric occlusion device for occluding an opening in a body tissue where part of the opening is defined by a partial inadequate rim. The asymmetric occlusion device includes a waist portion having a distal end extending to a proximal end. The waist portion is of non-woven material extending around a longitudinal axis opening. The occlusion device further includes a pair of asymmetric occluder disks attache...