US Patent Issued to DAEGU CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Oct. 7 for "Thrombus removal system" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,616, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DAEGU CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).

"Thrombus removal system" was invented by Sung Won Youn (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing a thrombus in a blood vessel, includes: a main body part which is movable along the blood vessel and performs a revascularization function within the blood vessel during installation, and sucks and transfers the thrombus during aspiration; a microflow circuit part which is attached to the outer surface of the main body part and extends to the exterior of the body, creates a m...