ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,914, issued on June 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Transcarotid neurovascular catheter" was invented by Michi E. Garrison (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Scott D. Wilson (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interventional catheter for treating an artery includes an elongated body sized and shaped to be transcervically introduced into a common carotid artery at an access location in the neck. The elongated body has an overall length such that the distal most section can be positioned in an intracranial artery and at least a portion of the proximal most section is positioned in the comm...