US Patent Issued to Renata Medical on Jan. 28 for "Transcatheter growth devices and methods for Norwood, Glenn and Fontan therapy" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,002, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Renata Medical Inc. (Newport Beach, Calif.).

"Transcatheter growth devices and methods for Norwood, Glenn and Fontan therapy" was invented by Corey Marshall (Newport Beach, Calif.), Eason Abbott (Santa Monica, Calif.), Dustin Armer (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Jordan Roy (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Evan Zahn (Los Angeles) and Rani Mahmoudi (Huntington Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transcatheter growth device for treating congenital illnesses in infantile and other pediatric heart disease patients and methods for making and using the same. The growth device includes an elongated device...