ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,359, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to White Swell Medical Ltd (Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel).
"Non-thrombogenic devices for treating edema" was invented by Ronan Keating (Galway, Ireland), Eamon Brady (Galway, Ireland), Gerry McCaffrey (Galway, Ireland), Sagi Raz (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Or Inbar (Tel-Aviv, Israel) and Ann Marie Cannon (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides intravascular devices for treating certain medical conditions such as edema without causing thrombosis. The intravascular devices of the disclosure include non-thrombogenic surfaces that improve blood compatibility by reducing device-related...