US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on Dec. 9 for "Adjustable interatrial shunts and associated systems and methods" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,347, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Adjustable interatrial shunts and associated systems and methods" was invented by Brian Fahey (Menlo Park, Calif.), Scott Robertson (Portland, Ore.) and Peter Andriola (Castro Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology is generally directed to implantable medical devices and associated methods. For example, a system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include a body implantable into a patient and configured to undergo a shape change, the body having a conductive path with variable conductivity...