US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates on July 28 for "Medical devices for shunts, occluders, fenestrations and related systems and methods" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,264, issued on July 28, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. (Newark, Del.).

"Medical devices for shunts, occluders, fenestrations and related systems and methods" was invented by Tom R. McDaniel (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Edward E. Shaw (Flagstaff, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable medical device comprising a first frame portion, a second frame portion arranged within the first frame portion and a plurality of diverging elements connecting the first frame portion to the second frame portion."

The patent was filed on Dec. 10, 2019, under Application No. 16/709,129.

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