US Patent Issued to CorFlow Therapeutics on June 2 for "Diagnosis and treatment of small vessel occlusion using an occluder and lumen to discharge fluid" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,444, issued on June 2, was assigned to CorFlow Therapeutics AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Diagnosis and treatment of small vessel occlusion using an occluder and lumen to discharge fluid" was invented by Robert S. Schwartz (Inver Grover Heights, Minn.), Jon Helge Hoem (Baar, Switzerland) and Martin T. Rothman (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatuses are included that are configured to determine an effectiveness of apparatus and methods used to diagnose and unblock microvascular obstruction (MVO). An infusion system blocks antegrade flow for a short time and measures vascular pressure response as an infusat...