US Patent Issued to NEURAVI on Sept. 23 for "Clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,657, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Clot retrieval device for removing clot from a blood vessel" was invented by Thomas O'Malley (Westport, Ireland), Aidan Duffy (Galway, Ireland), Declan Lee (Galway, Ireland), Annalisa Smullin (Galway, Ireland), Gillian Gunning (Galway, Ireland) and Diarmaid O'Keeffe (Galway, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clot retrieval device is disclosed to remove clot from a blood vessel. The device can include a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. The device can include an inner expandable body with a framework of struts. The device can include...