US Patent Issued to Inquis Medical on April 15 for "Apparatuses and method for determining if a catheter is engaged with a blood clot" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,834, issued on April 15, was assigned to Inquis Medical Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Apparatuses and method for determining if a catheter is engaged with a blood clot" was invented by Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), William Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.), Neekon Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), Mojgan Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), Mahyar Z. Kermani (San Ramon, Calif.) and Michael Pare (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and apparatuses for identifying a clot material in contact with a suction catheter. For example, an apparatus as described herein may include a flexible elongate body having a suction ...