ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,222, issued on April 22, was assigned to Incuvate LLC (Irvine, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for injection and aspiration" was invented by Bradley S. Culbert (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Gary D Carlson (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for catheter-based aspiration includes an aspiration catheter having a distal portion configured for insertion within a blood vessel of a subject, the aspiration catheter including an aspiration lumen having a distal opening at the distal portion of the aspiration catheter, an injection lumen having a distal end at the distal portion of the aspiration catheter, and an orifice l...