ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,075, issued on April 7, was assigned to Inari Medical Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Devices and methods for diverting blood flow from a first vessel" was invented by Rowan Olund Hettel (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France), David Hugo Deaton (Crownsville, Md.) and Sophie Humbert (Arbusigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods divert blood flow from a first vessel to a second vessel and maintain blood flow in the first vessel. The device includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is configured to anchor in the first vessel. The first segment includes a window to allow blood to flow into the first segmen...