ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,006, issued on Sept. 29.
"Left atrial appendage closure device and method" was invented by Virender K. Sharma (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device to treat a left atrial appendage (LAA) of a patient includes a tissue ingrowth member, at least one connector, a tine, and a plurality of struts connected to the tissue ingrowth member and at least one connector. A plurality of anchors extends from the tissue ingrowth member proximate the connection point of the struts to the tissue ingrowth member. The device is configured to change shape from a compressed pre-deployment configuration to at least one expanded p...