ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,726, issued on June 24, was assigned to Boston Scientific Medical Device Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Device and method for mechanical thrombectomy" was invented by Deepak Kumar Sharma (Muzaffarnagar, India) and Hitendra Purohit (Vadodara, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a catheter extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lumen and a grasper. The grasper includes jaws connected such that the jaws are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. Also, the device includes a control member connected to the grasper so that a longitudinal movement of the member re...