ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,941, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Neuravi Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Clot engagement and removal system" was invented by Eamon Brady (Loughrea, Ireland), Michael Gilvarry (Headford, Ireland), Mahmood K. Razavi (Irvine, Calif.) and David Vale (Barna, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a clot engaging device having a collapsed delivery configuration and an expanded deployment configuration. The device can include a plurality of struts defining a plurality of cells; a seam extending along at least a portion of a length of a distal end of the clot engaging device, wherein the seam comprises a pattern configured...