US Patent Issued to V-Wave on Nov. 11 for "Interatrial shunts having biodegradable material, and methods of making and using same" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,485, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to V-Wave Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Interatrial shunts having biodegradable material, and methods of making and using same" was invented by Yaacov Nitzan (Hertzelia, Israel), Menashe Yacoby (Ramat Gan, Israel), Neal Eigler (Agoura Hills, Calif.), James S. Whiting (Los Angeles) and Erez Rozenfeld (Shoham, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for regulating blood pressure between a patient's left atrium and right atrium comprises an hourglass-shaped stent comprising a neck region and first and second flared end regions, the neck region disposed between the first and second end regions and ...