US Patent Issued to Stryker on May 13 for "Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses having enhanced tracking" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,601, issued on May 13, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses having enhanced tracking" was invented by Michael P. Wallace (Pleasanton, Calif.), Robert Garabedian (Newark, Calif.), Roy Leguidleguid (Union City, Calif.) and E. Skott Greenhalgh (Gladwyne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in...