ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,070, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Beijing Taijieweiye Technology Co. Ltd (Beijing).

"Double-balloon thrombolysis and thrombectomy device" was invented by Yongsong Xu (Beijing), Qi Guo (Beijing), Zhimei Liao (Beijing), Rui Wang (Beijing), Hang Tang (Beijing) and Jian Wu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A double-balloon thrombolysis and thrombectomy device, comprising a catheter, an access sheath, and a hemostasis valve. The catheter comprises a base, a body, a first balloon, and a second balloon, the first balloon and the second balloon are sleeved over the body, the first balloon is located at a distal end of the body,...