US Patent Issued to Theraheart on June 9 for "Puncture elements for shunting catheters" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,811, issued on June 9, was assigned to Theraheart Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Puncture elements for shunting catheters" was invented by Rani Abdullah Mahmoudi (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Wei Gan (Irvine, Calif.) and Ajay Kumar Dass (Costa Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least some embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for creating a shunt in a patient. In some embodiments, a shunting catheter includes: a catheter shaft having a distal end and a proximal end, the catheter shaft including a shaft lumen; a shunting component including one or more electrodes; and a puncture assembly disposed ...