ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,611, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PYLON MEDICAL LTD. (Or Yehuda, Israel).
"Closure device" was invented by Or Zigelboim (Ness Ziona, Israel) and Niv Avisar (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a closure device having a proximal end and a distal end, introduced into a blood vessel, comprising at least two pre-shaped hollow tubes having a proximal end, substantially at said proximal end of said closure device and a distal end, adapted to be introduced from said distal end of said closure device into said blood vessel; wherein, upon deployment of said two pre-shaped hollow tubes within ...