ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,155, issued on April 7, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Proximal embolic protection device for carotid stenting" was invented by Cass Alexander Hanson (St. Paul, Minn.) and Ryan Hendrickson (Albertville, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of providing embolic protection for carotid stenting includes advancing an arterial sheath into a patient's arterial system and advancing a venous sheath into the patient's venous system. A fluid connection may be established between the venous sheath and the arterial sheath that enables retrograde blood flow through the arterial sheath. The arterial s...