US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on July 14 for "Occluder medical device" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,150, issued on July 14, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION INC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Occluder medical device" was invented by Brian Perszyk (Shoreview, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for treating a target site includes a body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a central longitudinal axis, the body including a proximal disc adjacent the proximal end, a distal disc adjacent the distal end, and a waist extending between and connecting the proximal and distal discs. The body further includes an inner layer formed from a first braided self-expanding material and an outer layer forme...