ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,723, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Puzzle Medical Devices Inc. (Montreal).

"Mammalian body implantable fluid flow influencing device" was invented by Gabriel Georges (Quebec, Canada) and Francois Trudeau (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mammalian body implantable fluid flow influencing device, comprising a modular impeller having: An impeller hub module dimensioned and shaped to be deliverable to a delivery site within a conduit of a conduit system of the mammalian body via a catheter. An impeller vane module having at least a portion of an impeller vane; having, with respect to the impeller hub module, an assemble...