US Patent Issued to Occlutech on Sept. 29 for "Occluder with stretchable waist" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,994, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Occlutech GmbH (Jena, Germany).

"Occluder with stretchable waist" was invented by Cansel Isilki (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), Secil Soyutemiz (Schaffhausen, Switzerland), Olcay Cavusoglu (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) and Gareth Morgan (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an occluder for a structural heart defect, comprising a tubular interlaced structure having a pitch that varies along an axial length of the occluder; a proximal element; a distal element; and an intermediate element extending between the proximal element and the distal element. Accor...