US Patent Issued to Abiomed R&D on Nov. 3 for "Access closure with bleed monitoring" (Texas, New York, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,568, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Abiomed R&D Inc. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Access closure with bleed monitoring" was invented by Philippe Genereux (New York), Robert M. Kipperman (Morristown, N.J.), Kenneth M. Bueche (Friendswood, Texas) and Zaffer Syed (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood vessel access closure device includes an inner blood vessel wall support member and an outer blood vessel wall support member. The closure device also includes a deployment member and an electrode. The deployment member is configured to draw the inner and outer blood vessel wall support members towards each other when the inner and outer ...