US Patent Issued to Covidien, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Sept. 23 for "Internal carotid artery thrombectomy devices and methods" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,069, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.) and Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Internal carotid artery thrombectomy devices and methods" was invented by David F. Kallmes (Rochester, Minn.), Waleed Brinjikji (Rochester, Minn.), Brady Hatcher (Rogers, Minn.) and Randy Beyreis (Rogers, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a balloon guiding sheath including an elongated sheath having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner tube and an outer tube both extending between the proximal end and the distal end, an access port located adjacent the proxim...