ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,409, issued on March 24, was assigned to LAMINATE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Devices and methods for blood flow regulation" was invented by Yair Bergner (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Tamar Gilon (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular constricting device for constricting vascular lumens to regulate blood flow in a vascular system includes a cuff having an inflatable body and a frame adapted for wrapping round a vascular lumen, such as a native blood vessel or non-native graft, and a pump having an internal reservoir for doling a fluid and a fluid circuit for controlling the flow of fluid between the ...