US Patent Issued to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR on Jan. 27 for "Apparatus and method for treatment of post thrombotic syndrome" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,148, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR INC. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method for treatment of post thrombotic syndrome" was invented by Benjamin Erlick (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Matthew Gerveler (Tempe, Ariz.), Michael Lewis (Mesa, Ariz.), Claire Millar (Phoenix), Ranjani Sampath Kumaran (Tempe, Ariz.), Brandon Simmons (Tempe, Ariz.), Alexander Tessmer (Phoenix), Michael Tristan (Maricopa, Ariz.) and David Tze (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus has a thrombectomy device disposed in a sheath lumen of a sheath that is movable between an initial extended position and a retracted...