ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,838, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Clot retriever cleaning for reinsertion" was invented by Roberto Echarri (Miami) and Kirk Johnson (Weston, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clot retrieval cleaning instrument can have bristles, fluid sprays, or other techniques to liberate captured clot material from a clot retrieval device so that it can be reinserted into a patient's vasculature for successive capture attempts. The cleaning instrument can be conveniently integrated or connected to a hemo stasis valve assembly so that the cleaning function can be performed without completely ...