US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE on June 3 for "Aortic flow meter and pump for partial-aortic occlusion" (California, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,090, issued on June 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.) and GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Aortic flow meter and pump for partial-aortic occlusion" was invented by Michael Austin Johnson (Sacramento, Calif.), Timothy K. Williams (Travis AFB, Calif.) and Lucas Paul Neff (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for partial aortic occlusion are provided. The system may include a catheter having an expandable aortic blood flow regulation device disposed on the distal end of the catheter for ...