US Patent Issued to Taurus Vascular on May 27 for "Methods and systems for transcaval treatment of aneurysms" (Texas, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,837, issued on May 27, was assigned to Taurus Vascular Inc. (Houston).

"Methods and systems for transcaval treatment of aneurysms" was invented by Matthew Kuhn (Houston) and Ahramahzd Tatavoosian (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to a shunt including a self-adjusting mechanism for treating conditions such as an aortic aneurysm. In some embodiments, the shunt may include a central portion, a distal end, and a proximal end. In some embodiments, the distal end of the shunt may be configured to roll proximally (e.g., into a toroidal structure) when the shunt transitions from a deliv...