ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,990, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Terumo Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vessel occluder" was invented by Shannon Maguire (Tokyo), Jessica Liang (Tokyo), Wendy Graczyk Beuthin (Tokyo), Tin Luong-Uhl (Tokyo) and Peter Soliman (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vessel occluder used to occlude blood flow within the vasculature is described. The vessel occluder can include an expandable mesh portion having a flexible membrane that expands within a cavity of the expandable mesh portion. When expanded, the flexible membrane blocks blood passage through the mesh portion."
The patent was filed on Jan. 23, 2023, under Application No. 18/157,930.
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