US Patent Issued to Laminar on April 14 for "Devices, systems, and methods for treating the left atrial appendage" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,386, issued on April 14, was assigned to Laminar Inc. (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for treating the left atrial appendage" was invented by Randall T. Lashinski (Windsor, Calif.) and Joshua J. Dwork (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are embodiments of a method for occluding a left atrial appendage (LAA) and other cavities or openings within a body. Some embodiments of the method can include an implant configured to be deployed within the LAA or other cavity, configured to be expanded or moved against a wall portion of the LAA or other cavity, and configured to twist at least a portio...