US Patent Issued to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION on June 30 for "Assembly and method for the closure of vascular abnormalities" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,351, issued on June 30, was assigned to ST. JUDE MEDICAL CARDIOLOGY DIVISION iNC. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Assembly and method for the closure of vascular abnormalities" was invented by Theodore P. Dale (Corcoran, Minn.) and Tracee Eidenschink (Wayzata, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a patch delivery assembly for treating a target site and a method for deploying the same. The patch delivery assembly includes a patch installation frame having a self-expanding body extending between a proximal end and an open distal end and defining a lumen therethrough. The patch delivery assembly also includes a delivery cable ha...