US Patent Issued to The Brain Protection on Dec. 9 for "Device and method for altering blood flow characteristics in a vessel" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,988, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Brain Protection Co. PTY LTD (Paddington, Australia).

"Device and method for altering blood flow characteristics in a vessel" was invented by David Stephen Celermajer (Vaucluse, Australia), Anthony Ujhazy (East Lindfield, Australia) and Zoran Milijasevic (Bayview, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) for altering blood flow characteristics in a vessel (20), the device (15, 50, 55, 60, 100, 200) comprising: a cuff (10) configured to be surgically positioned around a portion of the vessel (20); a first pad (40) located on an internal wall of the cuff (10)...