US Patent Issued to Route 92 Medical on July 1 for "Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,480, issued on July 1, was assigned to Route 92 Medical Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke" was invented by Michi E. Garrison (San Mateo, Calif.) and Tony M. Chou (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system of devices for treating an artery includes an arterial access sheath adapted to introduce an interventional catheter into an artery and an elongated dilator positionable within the internal lumen of the sheath body. The system also includes a catheter formed of an elongated catheter body sized and shaped to be introduced via a carotid artery access site into a common...