ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,695, issued on June 30, was assigned to Inquis Medical Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Methods for removing clot material from within a body" was invented by Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), William Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.), Neekon Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), Mojgan Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), Mahyar Z. Kermani (San Ramon, Calif.) and Michael Pare (Atherton, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described here are methods of removing a clot material from within a body including advancing a catheter through a vessel of the body, sensing (using one or more sensors on a distal end region of the catheter) a preexisting clot material withi...