ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,079, issued on April 7.
"Vacuum assisted occlusion of the left atrial appendage" was invented by Muhammad Ali (Braunschweig, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspiration catheter and method of use for inverting the left atrial appendage (LAA) of a patient's heart. The aspiration catheter can include a proximal portion for attachment to a negative pressure source, and a distal portion for making suction contact with the interior wall of the LAA. The distal portion is preferably in the form of a self-expanding suction cup adapted to transition between a collapsed state and an expanded state. The proximal and distal portions sha...