US Patent Issued to Covidien on Sept. 29 for "Thrombectomy treatment system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,062, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Thrombectomy treatment system" was invented by Ashok Nageswaran (Irvine, Calif.), Gaurav Girdhar (Ladera Ranch, Calif.), Hoai Nguyen (Westminster, Calif.) and Daniel Deen (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical treatment device is disclosed herein. In one example, the medical treatment device includes a core assembly which has a first conduct and a second conductor. An insulative material can surround the second conductor and define an electrode portion of the second conductor that is uncovered by the insulative material. The medical treat...