US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 23 for "Medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,178, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical device for occluding a left atrial appendage" was invented by Joshua Mark Inouye (Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Brian Joseph Tischler (Shoreview, Minn.) and Neal Eidenschink (Wayzata, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical implant for occluding a left atrial appendage may include an expandable framework configured to shift radially between a first configuration and a second configuration, and an occlusive element secured to the expandable framework. The framework includes a plurality of strut groups, each strut group comprising first...