ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,080, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Super-bore catheter with braid supported flared tip" was invented by Ronald Kelly (Galway, Ireland), Karl Keating (Galway, Ireland), David Vale (Galway, Ireland) and Brendan Casey (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clot retrieval catheter with a large bore shaft and a distal braid-supported tip that is expandable to a diameter larger than the outer sheath through which it is delivered is described herein. The shaft can have a plurality of supporting braids fixed distally to a radiopaque marker band. The tip can have another plurality of supporting...