ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,989, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to REVASCARDIO LTD. (Ra'anana, Israel).

"Devices, systems, and methods for managing blood flow" was invented by Shahaf Marmor (Tel Aviv, Israel), Oded Meiri (Ram-On, Israel), Assaf Alon (Elkana, Israel), Chaim Zeev Aber (Ra'anana, Israel) and David Shlomo Chayen (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for causing retrograde oxygenated blood flow in at least a portion of the venous system of the myocardium are disclosed. Devices and methods include a method for causing retrograde oxygenated blood flow in at least a portion of the venous system of the myocardium,...