ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,490, issued on June 23, was assigned to Inspire M.D Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Devices for shunting blood" was invented by Stefan Schreck (Duvall, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a hub including a front port, a side port, and a back port including a hemostasis valve. The apparatus further includes a sheath extending from the hemostasis valve through the front port and shaped to define one or more lateral openings within the hub. The sheath is configured for insertion into a blood vessel such that, subsequently to the insertion, a rate of flow of blood between the side port and the blood vessel via the latera...