ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,198, issued on March 31, was assigned to NEURAVI Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Cyclic aspiration system producing cyclic aspiration pressure waveform using vacuum pump and positive pressure pulse generator mechanism" was invented by David Vale (Barna, Ireland) and Alan Carney (Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cyclic aspiration system producing a cyclic aspiration pressure waveform of intermittent cyclic intervals of vacuum pressure below atmospheric pressure and a positive pressure higher than the vacuum pressure. The system including an aspiration catheter, a vacuum pump, and connected in fluid communication therebetween a...