US Patent Issued to MICROPORT NEUROTECH (SHANGHAI) on Nov. 25 for "Developing structure, stent, and thrombectomy system" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,391, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MICROPORT NEUROTECH (SHANGHAI) Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Developing structure, stent, and thrombectomy system" was invented by Fanhe Meng (Shanghai), Juan Hou (Shanghai), Ye Qian (Shanghai) and Chenyang Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiopaque structure, a stent and a thrombectomy system are disclosed. The radiopaque structure includes: at least one protrusion each for securing, supporting and connecting a radiopaque sleeve (2); at least one radiopaque sleeve (2) disposed over the respective at least one protrusion; and at least one filler (3) filled in a gap between the radiopaque...