US Patent Issued to Vena Medical Holdings on Sept. 9 for "Cerebrovascular pathology viewing and treatment apparatus" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,831, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Vena Medical Holdings Corp. (Kitchener, Canada).

"Cerebrovascular pathology viewing and treatment apparatus" was invented by Phillip J. Cooper (Pembroke, Canada) and Michael M. Phillips (Elmira, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cerebrovascular treatment at an intracranial location beyond the petrous segment of the carotid artery can be challenging due to blood vessel size and tortuosity. First pass cerebrovascular thrombectomy success rate under only fluoroscopic guidance can be low (e.g., 25.1%) but an angioscope can help improve efficacy. A sheath catheter can be advanced toward the cer...