ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,112, issued on March 18, was assigned to Stryker Ireland Technology Ltd. (Carrigtwohill County, Ireland).
"Occlusion device" was invented by Stephen Griffin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an occlusion device comprising: (a) continuous mesh structure comprising a medial pinch point; (b) a resilient mesh disc-shaped body extending distally and outward from the medial pinch point; and (c) a compressible mesh carriage extending distally from the medial pinch point on an opposing side of the resilient mesh body of (b), wherein the compressible mesh carriage comprises a pinch point on each end of the c...