US Patent Issued to BlackSwan Vascular on April 14 for "Liquid embolic compositions with controlled release of radiopaque and therapeutic compounds and methods of using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,697, issued on April 14, was assigned to BlackSwan Vascular Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).

"Liquid embolic compositions with controlled release of radiopaque and therapeutic compounds and methods of using the same" was invented by Suresh S. Pai (Los Altos, Calif.), Scott R. Sershen (Foster City, Calif.), Dorna Hakimimehr (Redwood City, Calif.) and Celso J. Bagaoisan (Union City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various embodiments of the subject invention included herein provide transiently radiopaque liquid embolic compositions and methods used to embolize blood vessels and/or provide controlled release of therapeutic agents when...