US Patent Issued to Route 92 Medical on Jan. 13 for "Catheter systems for applying effective suction in remote vessels and thrombectomy procedures facilitated by catheter systems" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,523, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Route 92 Medical Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Catheter systems for applying effective suction in remote vessels and thrombectomy procedures facilitated by catheter systems" was invented by Matthew F. Ogle (Edina, Minn.), James Alexander (Excelsior, Minn.) and Alexander Halaszyn (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction catheter system is described with a suction nozzle that can extend from a guide catheter of the like. The suction nozzle can be positioned by tracking the suction nozzle through a vessel while moving a proximal portion of the suction extension within the lumen of th...