US Patent Issued to EmStop on Oct. 20 for "Method of evaluating an embolic filter" (Minnesota, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,986, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to EmStop Inc. (Brainerd, Minn.).

"Method of evaluating an embolic filter" was invented by Taylor Wisgerhof (New Hope, Minn.), David Feddema (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Mark Groh (Fairview, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects described herein are directed to methods of evaluating an embolic filter. A method for evaluating an embolic filter includes positioning the embolic filter in a blood vessel. A measured quantity of radiopaque particulates is injected into the blood vessel upstream of the embolic filter. An efficacy of the embolic filter is determined via invitro imaging of the embolic fi...