US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on May 6 for "Flanged occlusion devices and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,263, issued on May 6, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Flanged occlusion devices and methods" was invented by Kurt Amplatz (North Oaks, Minn.), Gary A. Thill (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Pat Russo (Vadnais Heights, Minn.), Xiaoping Gu (Maplewood, Minn.) and Jana Santer (Spring Lake Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implantable occlusion devices that include one or more flanges extending from a tubular body are disclosed. The flange or flanges may assist in retention of the device within a vessel, cavity, appendage, etc. At least one flange on the occlusion device may include a concav...