US Patent Issued to AtriCure on March 17 for "Exclusion device beams and related methods" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,834, issued on March 17, was assigned to AtriCure Inc. (Mason, Ohio).

"Exclusion device beams and related methods" was invented by Lynn Ann Recker (Cincinnati), Edward Biehle (Mason, Ohio), Frank Fago (Mason, Ohio) and Carol Ann Mata (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exclusion devices for anatomical structures, and related instruments and related methods, are disclosed. An exclusion device for an anatomical structure may include a first beam, a second beam, and/or at least one spring operatively coupled to the first beam and the second beam to exert a closing force on the first beam and the second beam and bias the first be...