US Patent Issued to SUZHOU ZENITH VASCULAR SCITECH on April 15 for "Step cutting thrombectomy device and thrombectomy system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,468, issued on April 15, was assigned to SUZHOU ZENITH VASCULAR SCITECH Ltd. (China).

"Step cutting thrombectomy device and thrombectomy system" was invented by Liyou Guo (SIP Suzhou, China), Shuang Li (SIP Suzhou, China) and Jie Xia (SIP Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A step-cutting thrombectomy device and a thrombectomy system is disclosed. The step-cutting thrombectomy device includes the following: multiple first cutting components capable of elastically expanding in a radial direction and configured to cut a thrombus in a longitudinal direction of a blood vessel; multiple second cutting components, capable of elasti...