US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on March 31 for "Occlusion devices and methods having lateral pockets or sleeves" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,902, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Occlusion devices and methods having lateral pockets or sleeves" was invented by Nahush Mokadam (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occlusion device for occluding a left atrial appendage extending from a lateral wall of a left atrium of a heart including a first clamping portion and a second clamping portion movably connected to one another and configured for positioning along opposed sides of the left atrial appendage. The first clamping portion and the second clamping portion each may include an inner side configured to face ...