ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,718, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Left atrial appendage implant with distal engagement element" was invented by David John Onushko (Maple Grove, Minn.), Nicholas Lee Tassoni (Andover, Minn.) and Christopher J. Clark (St. Michael, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for left atrial appendage closure includes a support frame with a proximal collar and a distal collar, where the support frame is actuatable from a first constrained configuration to a second radially expanded configuration. A membrane is disposed on at least a portion of the support frame, and an e...