ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,192, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Vascular Medcure Inc. (Anaheim, Calif.).

"Axial lengthening thrombus capture system" was invented by Thanh Van Nguyen (Anaheim, Calif.), Duy Nguyen (Anaheim, Calif.) and Tung Hoang Ngo (Anaheim, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods can remove material of interest, including blood clots, from a body region, including but not limited to the circulatory system for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), cerebrovascular embolism, and other vascular occlusions."

The patent was filed on May 21, 2025, under Application No. 19/214,915.

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