US Patent Issued to Manicka Institute on Dec. 23 for "Subcutaneous device for preventing and treating atherosclerosis" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,531, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Manicka Institute LLC (Woodbury, Minn.).

"Subcutaneous device for preventing and treating atherosclerosis" was invented by Yatheendhar D. Manicka (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subcutaneously implantable device includes a housing and an anchoring mechanism attached to the housing that is configured to anchor the device to a muscle, a bone, and/or a first tissue. The device further includes a first prong with a proximal end attached to the housing and a distal end extending away from the housing that is configured to be positioned adjacent to a first blood vessel, and a first ...