ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,223, issued on Feb. 17.
"Clot removal device" was invented by Mario Martinez-Galdamez Ruiz (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clot removal device for removing at least one clot from an inside of a blood vessel having a bifurcation. The clot removal device includes a clot removal member, configured to be positioned at the bifurcation, the clot removal member including a base configured to be positioned inside the proximal blood vessel, and two anchoring members, wherein at least one of the anchoring members is configured to be positioned inside at least one of the two distal blood vessels, each anchoring member including at leas...