ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,224, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INRETIO LTD (Kibutz Nir Am, Israel).
"Clot removal device and method" was invented by Raviv Vine (Moshav Bizaron, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and devices for removal of clot/material from body passages utilize a main carrying wire, a main elongated sleeve element braided from a plurality of wires to form a proximal tubular section having a proximal opening and a funnel-shaped distal section tapering distally onto a distal end portion of the main carrying wire for rigid attachment thereto, a deformable ring element coupled to the proximal opening of the main elongated braide...