US Patent Issued to MEDICAL DEVICE IMAGINEERING, KOSWIRE on Oct. 20 for "Stent retriever with embolic prevention device" (New Jersey, California, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,901, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MEDICAL DEVICE IMAGINEERING LLC (Somerset, N.J.) and KOSWIRE INC. (Flowery Branch, Ga.).

"Stent retriever with embolic prevention device" was invented by Jin Park (Morris Plains, N.J.), Daniel Olsen (Califon, N.J.), Richard Webster Crowley (Hinsdale, Ill.), Cory Zegel (Hoboken, N.J.) and Mitch Berger (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to a thrombectomy device comprising a cylindrical proximal portion, a dome-shaped distal portion, a transition portion, and a coil. The cylindrical proximal portion forms a stent frame having a first lattice network of a f...