US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on July 7 for "Endovascular variable aortic control catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,876, issued on July 7, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Endovascular variable aortic control catheter" was invented by Timothy K. Williams (Davis, Calif.) and Lucas Paul Neff (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Endovascular variable aortic control catheters (EVACC) are provided that are adapted to augment upstream blood pressure and regulate downstream blood flow for patients in shock. The EVACC devices provide improved treatment for truncal wounds, which may be used for example on a battlefield, thereby increasing survivability of injure...