US Patent Issued to Vivasure Medical on July 22 for "Arteriotomy closure apparatus with slotted shoe for advantageous pressure distribution" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,469, issued on July 22, was assigned to Vivasure Medical Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Arteriotomy closure apparatus with slotted shoe for advantageous pressure distribution" was invented by Mark McGoldrick (Athlone, Ireland), Noelle Barrett (Knocknacarra, Ireland), Christopher Martin (Oughterard, Ireland), Peter Grant (Galway, Ireland), Bartosz Pawlikowski (Moycullen, Ireland) and Gerard Brett (Claregalway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology provides a device for sealing an aperture in a tissue of a body lumen. The device comprises a flexible support member having a base having (i) a central portion and (ii) ...