US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on July 8 for "Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular abnormalities" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,884, issued on July 8, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Devices and methods for the treatment of vascular abnormalities" was invented by Tracee Eidenschink (Wayzata, Minn.), Andrea Stafford (New Brighton, Minn.), Brian J. Perszyk (Shoreview, Minn.), Erika A. Beek (Bloomington, Minn.), Michael Meyer (Minnetrista, Minn.), Pankaj Gupta (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Philip Osterbauer (Wyoming, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a medical device including a frame having proximal and distal ends. The frame includes a proximal disc at the proximal end, a distal disc at the distal ...