US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITAT ZURICH on Sept. 30 for "Left atrial appendage occlusion devices" (Swiss, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,887, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to UNIVERSITAT ZURICH (Zurich).

"Left atrial appendage occlusion devices" was invented by Andrea Guidotti (Schwerzenbach, Switzerland), Boaz Harari (Ganey Tikva, Israel), Pietro Gozzoli (Zurich, Switzerland) and Luca Vicentini (Opfikon, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion device is provided for occluding a left atrial appendage (LAA), including a compliant balloon defining a fluid-tight balloon chamber. An actuating shaft is disposed at least partially within the balloon chamber, and configured to set a distance between distal and proximal end portions of the balloon. A locki...