US Patent Issued to University of Maryland, Baltimore on Sept. 2 for "Trans-esophageal aortic flow rate control" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,888, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore).

"Trans-esophageal aortic flow rate control" was invented by Joseph Rabin (Silver Spring, Md.) and Zhongjun Wu (Marriottsville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method is provided herein for esophageal impingement of a patient's aorta. The device may be inserted into a patient's esophagus and positioned at the location where the esophagus passes over the patient's aorta. In this position, an actuation device is used to apply pressure to the patient's aorta through their esophagus to impinge or occlude the aorta to stop or significantl...