US Patent Issued to Inquis Medical on March 17 for "Clot sensing apparatuses" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,842, issued on March 17, was assigned to Inquis Medical Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Clot sensing apparatuses" was invented by Vahid Saadat (Atherton, Calif.), William Jason Fox (San Mateo, Calif.), Michael Pare (Menlo Park, Calif.), Eyal Aklivanh (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Neekon Saadat (Atherton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are methods and apparatuses for characterizing a material at a distal end of an aspiration catheter using one or more sensors. The methods and apparatuses described herein may include a plurality of sensing electrodes at a distal end region of the apparatus, and a controller configured t...