ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,103, issued on June 3, was assigned to MICROVENTION INC. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Obstruction removal system" was invented by Mayank Goyal (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jared Shimizu (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Heath Bowman (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and Kiet Lam (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstruction removal device is described, having one or more engaging members which can engage portions of the clot. The one or more engaging members have a collapsed, delivery state, and an expanded, deployed state which in some embodiments can be locked to maintain its fixed configuration."
The patent was filed on Feb. 22, 2024, under Ap...