ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,879, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to THERAHEART INC. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Expandable elements for shunting catheters" was invented by Rani Abdullah Mahmoudi (Huntington Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for creating a shunt in a patient. In some embodiments, a shunting catheter includes a catheter shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter shaft including a shaft lumen; a balloon shaft disposed in the shaft lumen at a first state and extended from the catheter shaft at a second state; a balloon element disposed on the bal...