ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,939, issued on July 8, was assigned to CLARIA MEDICAL INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for tissue capture and removal" was invented by Steven W. Kim (Los Altos, Calif.), Joseph N. Jones (Boise, Idaho) and Alexey Salamini (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Components, systems and kits for capturing and removing tissue from mammalian bodies include a tissue container that may be introduced into a body cavity and within which a tissue specimen may be placed, cut and removed from the body cavity. Methods of using these components, systems and kits are also described."
The patent was filed on July 21, ...