ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,081, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Inari Medical Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Catheter for use with clot treatment systems" was invented by Aaron Dederich (San Clemente, Calif.), Jakub Marek Truty (Anaheim, Calif.), Brian Edward Merritt (San Clemente, Calif.) and Thien Mai (Santa Ana, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are catheters for use with clot treatment systems, and associated devices and methods. The catheter can include an outer sheath, an outer sheath drive component operably coupled to the outer sheath, a guidewire sheath slidably disposed within the outer sheath, a guidewire sheath drive component oper...