ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,406, issued on June 17, was assigned to Walk Vascular LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Assisted aspiration catheter system" was invented by Mark Mallaby (Oceanside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrombectomy system comprising an aspiration catheter having an aspiration lumen and a high pressure irrigation lumen, the aspiration catheter having a proximal end and a distal, and a control box fluidly connected to the aspiration catheter and configured to synchronously provide irrigation and vacuum through the aspiration catheter."
The patent was filed on Aug. 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/887,987.
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