US Patent Issued to Acotec Technologies on March 31 for "Deep vein thrombosis thrombectomy device with embolic protection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,925, issued on March 31, was assigned to Acotec Technologies Ltd. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Deep vein thrombosis thrombectomy device with embolic protection" was invented by Alan Thomas (Pleasanton, Calif.), Jon Schabert (San Jose, Calif.), Michael Thai (San Jose, Calif.) and Tao Nguyen (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thrombectomy device includes a coring member configured to disintegrate a thrombus in a vessel into fragments from a proximal side of the thrombus and a catch member configured to be anchored at a distal side of the thrombus to provide embolic protection. The coring member and the catch member are operabl...