US Patent Issued to Taurus Vascular on June 3 for "Methods and systems for transcaval treatment of aneurysms" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,563, issued on June 3, was assigned to Taurus Vascular Inc. (Houston).

"Methods and systems for transcaval treatment of aneurysms" was invented by Matthew Kuhn (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to a shunt for treating an aortic aneurysm. In some embodiments, the shunt may include a central portion, an arterial sealing structure, and a venous sealing. In some embodiments, the venous sealing structure may have a lateral length in its deployed configuration, and the arterial sealing structure having a lateral length in its deployed configuration that is greater than the lateral length of the veno...