US Patent Issued to White Swell Medical on April 21 for "Systems and methods for treating pulmonary edema" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,494, issued on April 21, was assigned to White Swell Medical Ltd (Kibbutz Shefayim, Israel).

"Systems and methods for treating pulmonary edema" was invented by Yaacov Nitzan (Hertzelia, Israel), Menashe Yacoby (Ramat Gan, Israel) and Tanhum Feld (Merhavya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various systems and methods are provided for treating pulmonary edema. In general, a pump can be configured to be implanted within a patient at risk of developing edema. The pump can be configured to pump fluid out of the patient's lungs, e.g., out of the patient's interstitial and alveolar spaces. The pump can be configured to be fully implan...