ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,392, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical device and treatment method" was invented by Yuichi Tada (Tokyo) and Mizuho Hirao (Hadano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for removing an intravascular thrombus includes: a rotatable tubular driving shaft in which a spiral-shaped carrier is provided on an inner surface thereof; a cutting part that is provided on a distal side of the driving shaft and cuts the thrombus; and an elongated resistive body that is disposed in a lumen of the driving shaft and can be rotated relative to the driving shaft."
The patent was filed on Feb. 24, 2023, unde...