US Patent Issued to Free Flow Medical on Aug. 18 for "Valved devices, treatments and methods to restore tissue elastic recoil" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,515, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Free Flow Medical Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Valved devices, treatments and methods to restore tissue elastic recoil" was invented by Mark L. Mathis (Fremont, Calif.), Kevin Mitz (Campbell, Calif.), Brennen Van Voorhees (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Michael W. Lau (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some instances, it is desired to restrict or block airflow to a region of the lung such as to replicate the effects of lung volume reduction surgery. This may be achieved with the use of a pulmonary treatment valve that is implanted minimally invasively without the need for surgery. In so...