US Patent Issued to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division on Oct. 14 for "Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,218, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to St. Jude Medical Cardiology Division Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Percutaneous catheter directed intravascular occlusion devices" was invented by Kurt Amplatz (North Oaks, Minn.), John C. Oslund (Blaine, Minn.), Xiaoping Gu (Maplewood, Minn.), Matt Glimsdale (St. Michael, Minn.) and Daniel O. Adams (Long Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved vascular occlusion device for occlusion of a passageway, cavity, or the like. According to one embodiment, a medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage is provided. The medical device inclu...