US Patent Issued to Protembis on July 28 for "Embolism protection device for introducing into an aortic arch" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,958, issued on July 28, was assigned to Protembis GmbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Embolism protection device for introducing into an aortic arch" was invented by Murat Camkiran (Alsdorf, Germany), Karl Von Mangoldt (Aachen, Germany), Michael Pfennig (Aachen, Germany), Conrad Rasmus (Berlin) and Oliver Schumacher (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an embolic protection device for inserting into an aortic arch to prevent embolisms. The invention moreover concerns a handle for such an embolic protection device, as well as a system consisting of a handle and/or embolic protection device and/or a catheter. Thr...