ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,153, issued on May 20, was assigned to Stryker Ireland Technology Ltd. (Carrigtwohill County, Ireland).
"Clot removal distal protection methods" was invented by Stephen Griffin (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are methods for protecting distal vessels from emboli during aspiration, the method comprising delivery and deployment of an emboli protection device which is advanced and placed distally relative to the clot burden and thus deep in the neurovascular bed until the device, once deployed, fully opposes a vessel wall creating a circumferential seal across the vessel. The methods utilizing the emboli...