ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,882, issued on April 1, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Sealing device and delivery system" was invented by Jacob A. Goble (Bellemont, Ariz.), Brandon A. Lurie (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Steven J. Masters (Flagstaff, Ariz.), Scot K. Mathena (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Richard L McClure (Flagstaff, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for sealing a defect in a body includes a wire frame that includes a plurality of wires that form a first occluding member and a second occluding member, the wire frame including a defect-occupying portion disposed between the first occluding member and the second occlu...