ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,098, issued on June 3, was assigned to POSEYDON MEDICAL LLC (Miramar, Fla.).

"Aspiration systems, devices and methods for treating ischemic stroke" was invented by Brett E Naglreiter (Boca Raton, Fla.), Eduardo Ampuero (Miami) and Alejandro Espinosa (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to methods, devices and systems for performing the removal of thrombus from a vessel lumen. More particularly the present invention relates to a thrombectomy system that includes an elongate catheter and a disposable aspiration pump and methods of performing medical procedures to remove clots, thrombus and emboli to re-est...