ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,132, issued on May 20, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).
"Occluder and anastomosis devices" was invented by Matthew A. Johnson (Bear, Del.), Nathan K. Mooney (Elkton, Md.) and Lindsey Rappleyea (Bear, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device for sealing and repairing defects in a body tissue or for creating an anastomosis includes a frame and a covering material. In some embodiments, the frame includes a single continuously wound wire that defines an apposition portion, a defect-occupying portion, and a sealing portion. In some embodiments, the tissue-sealing and anastomosis devices...