ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,186, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Inquis Medical Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Aspiration apparatuses for clot removal" was invented by Richard Childs (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Richard Christian Ewers (Fullerton, Calif.), William Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.) and Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspiration catheters for removing clot material from a patient, systems including these catheter as well as methods of making and using these aspiration catheters may be configured to remove clot material in long, continuous strips that prevent release of smaller clot fragments back into the vessel. Also described...