ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,738, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to ClearFlow Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Medical tube clearance device" was invented by Kenneth Chesnin (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for actuating a clearance device to clear obstructive debris from medical tubes are disclosed. More particularly, a shuttle that includes a first primary magnetic element that is adapted to magnetically engage and translate a magnetic guide within a tube is disclosed. The first primary magnetic element is aligned so that a first primary magnetic field emanating therefrom is aligned substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal ax...