ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,774, issued on Sept. 16.
"Filterless aspiration, irrigating, macerating, rotating microcatheter and method of use" was invented by Daniel Ezra Walzman (Teaneck, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An endovascular device providing several elements to help mechanically break up and/or lyse a clot inside vessels and/or remove a clot via aspiration, irrigation, maceration and/or rotation, without a filter. According to some embodiments, the devices are adapted to irrigate a blood vessel during thrombectomy; to macerate an obstruction during thrombectomy, to block blood flow in a blood vessel during aspiration of a thrombus."
The patent...