ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,334, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to White Swell Medical Ltd (Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel).
"Systems and methods for treatment of fluid overload" was invented by Yaacov Nitzan (Hertzelia, Israel), Sagi Raz (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Shani Chen (Givatayim, Israel) and Or Inbar (Tel-Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are provided for reducing pressure at an outflow of a duct, such as the thoracic duct or the lymphatic duct, for example, the right lymphatic duct. A catheter system can be configured to be at least partially implanted within a vein of a patient in the vicinity of an outflow port of a duct of ...