US Patent Issued to Vasorum on Oct. 6 for "Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,710, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Vasorum Ltd. (Dublin).

"Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow" was invented by James E. Coleman (Dublin) and Christy Cummins (Johnstown Naas, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for occluding or promoting fluid flow through openings are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment an occlusion device is provided having an expandable outer elongate tubular body, a guide member extending from a distal end of the outer body, and a slide tube disposed within the outer body, the proximal portions of the outer body and the slide tube being fixedly mated. The slide t...