ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,371, issued on April 7, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).

"Aspiration vacuum source" was invented by Brendan Casey (Galway, Ireland) and David Vale (Barna, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspiration vacuum source comprises a vessel having a positive pressure fluid chamber and a vacuum chamber. The vacuum source having a primary tubing, and the positive pressure fluid chamber connected in fluid communication with the primary tubing via an auxiliary tubing. A fluid piston is slidably received within the positive pressure fluid chamber. A vacuum piston is slidably received within the vacuum chamber and produces a...