ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,119, issued on March 18, was assigned to POSEYDON MEDICAL LLC.

"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-establish the ...