ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,476, issued on April 8, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Method and apparatus for managing acute ischemic events" was invented by David Vale (Galway, Ireland), Brendan Casey (Galway, Ireland), Mahmood Mirza (Galway, Ireland), Ray McCarthy (Galway, Ireland) and Patrick Connolly (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method or use for managing one or more acute ischemic events. The method can include determining criteria of a clot; classifying the clot based on the criteria and generating a classification; determining an individualized treatment protocol for the clot based on the classification, the individua...