US Patent Issued to ARCHimedes Vascular on Feb. 24 for "Aortic arch baroreceptor implants for treatment of hypertension" (Alabama, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,240, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ARCHimedes Vascular Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Aortic arch baroreceptor implants for treatment of hypertension" was invented by Farrell O. Mendelsohn (Birmingham, Ala.) and Craig Bonsignore (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implant devices for hypertension and methods of treatment are provided. Implant devices are configured for placement in a target region of an aortic arch of the patient, thereby engaging arterial walls in the target region sufficiently to stretch and/or tension arterial walls, thereby inducing the baroreflex response. Such implants can include one or more expa...