ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,940, issued on July 29, was assigned to Walk Vascular LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Thrombectomy apparatus and method" was invented by Mark L. Jenson (Greenfield, Minn.), William J. Drasler (Minnetonka, Minn.) and Joseph M. Thielen (Buffalo, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrombectomy system may include an elongate shaft that defines a high pressure lumen and a low pressure lumen. The high pressure lumen may terminate near an end of the low pressure lumen. An expandable capture basket may be disposed near the end of the low pressure lumen. A thrombectomy apparatus may include an elongate shaft, an evacuation lumen extending wit...