ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,173, issued on April 21, was assigned to NeuRx Medical Inc. (Philadelphia).
"Obstruction retrieval devices" was invented by Timothy William Ingraham Clark (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Retrieval assemblies configured to capture an obstruction located in a bodily duct of a patient and associated methods are provided. According to one implementation a retrieval assembly is provided that includes a proximal collar, a distal collar and a plurality of elongate clot capturing elements that each has proximal and distal ends that are respectively coupled to the proximal and distal collars. The retrieval device is mounted on a...