US Patent Issued to Nventric on March 31 for "Thrombectomy device having clot arrestor" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,919, issued on March 31, was assigned to Nventric Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Thrombectomy device having clot arrestor" was invented by Don Quy Ngo (Los Angeles), Sungwoo Min (Fullerton, Calif.) and Jiyoung Min (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical thrombectomy device, and methods of manufacturing and using the mechanical thrombectomy device, are described. The mechanical thrombectomy device includes a support wire and a clot arrestor. The clot arrestor has an expandable frame that includes an interior wall defining a lumen. The support wire is coupled to a proximal end of the clot arrestor and extends thr...