ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,368, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).
"Occlusion clip" was invented by Matthew J. Winkler (Liberty Township, Ohio), Kenneth Lance Miller (Hamilton, Ohio), Matthew Monti (Mason, Ohio), Todd Frangolis (Cincinnati), Nicholas Bailey (Cincinnati) and Robert M. Trusty (Cincinnati).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion clip comprising: (a) a spring; (b) a first runner including a first open top and a first open end adjacent the first open top, the first runner including a first interior camming surface partially delineating a first interior cavity that is open by way of the first open top and the first op...