ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,231, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to CERETRIEVE LTD. (Misgav Business Park, Israel).
"Retrieval system and method" was invented by Maysa Mustafa (Zichron Yaakuv, Israel), Maxim Vasylevytsky (Kefar-Sava, Israel), Amir Belson (Savion, Israel) and Aviram Alfia (Karmiel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system including an inner tube movable within an outer tube and a funnel-shaped sleeve attached to the inner tube and configured for transitioning between a collapsed state when sequestered within the outer tube and an expanded state when advanced out of the outer tube."
The patent was filed on May 31, 2023, under Appl...