ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,042, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CERETRIEVE LTD. (Yokneam Illit, Israel).
"Retrieval system" was invented by Shahar Harari (Tel Aviv, Israel), Tanhum Feld (Merhavya, Israel) and Maysa Mustafa (Zichron Yaakov, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for retrieving material or objects from a biological vessel is provided. the system includes an elongated braid structure configured for transitioning between collapsed and expanded states, the elongated braid structure surrounding a lumen having a distal opening when in the expanded state. The system further includes a closure wire positioned along a length of the elongated ...