ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,785, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to AVANTEC VASCULAR Corp. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Cutters with pulsating vacuum control" was invented by John To (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Tomoaki Hirose (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Bryan Duenas (San Jose, Calif.) and Hidenori Yamaguchi (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vascular cutter devices, systems, and methods are provided to effectively cut and remove all types of thrombus and atheroma tissue, whether soft, tough, or hard, and can do so with a reduced risk of suffering vessel injuries while avoiding an undesirable volume of blood loss during procedures. Thrombectomy systems having curved...