US Patent Issued to AngioDynamics on March 11 for "Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system" (Arizona, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,781, issued on March 11, was assigned to AngioDynamics Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for removing undesirable material within a circulatory system" was invented by Lishan Aklog (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Michael Glennon (Norwell, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided which includes a cannula and a secondary device. The cannula includes an expandable member, a cannula lumen, and a cannula proximal end. The expandable member includes a proximal most end, a distal most end, at least two movable sections, with the space between the at least two moveable sections, and an impermeable membrane extending across ...