ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,698, issued on June 24, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Biomaterial occluder delivery mechanism" was invented by Alex Bloomquist (Hennepin County, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device including a removable frame and biomaterial cover, methods of assembling and using the same, and a delivery system including the same are described herein. The medical device includes a frame having proximal and distal ends, the frame including a proximal disc at the proximal end, a distal disc at the distal end, and a connecting segment connecting the proximal and distal discs. Each of the ...