ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,086, issued on April 7, was assigned to MicroVention Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Obstruction removal system" was invented by Heath Bowman (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Jared Shimizu (Irvine, Calif.), Kiet Lam (Moreno Valley, Calif.) and Jeff Inlow (Capistrano Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An obstruction removal device is described, having one or more engaging members which can engage portions of the clot. The one or more engaging members have a collapsed, delivery state, and an expanded, deployed state."
The patent was filed on July 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/358,740.
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