US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on Nov. 25 for "Occluder and anastomosis devices" (Delaware, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,362, issued on Nov. 25, 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 Christopher S. Michalak (Elkton, Md.).

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...