ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,792, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AngioDynamics Inc. (Latham, N.Y.).
"Device and method for manual aspiration and removal of an undesirable material" was invented by Seth Cote (Nashua, N.H.), Kevin Swift (Hudson, Mass.), James Culhane (Westborough, Mass.) and James Mitchell (Ballston Spa, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a manually actuated aspiration device, aspiration system and a method of use to enable and facilitate en bloc removal of undesirable intravascular material, including, but not limited to, thrombus, embolus, or vegetation through a working lumen of a suction cannula duri...