US Patent Issued to Penumbra on Dec. 23 for "Neural network-aided aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal" (California, North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,185, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Penumbra Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Neural network-aided aspiration thrombectomy system and methods for thrombus removal" was invented by Scott Teigen (West Fargo, N.D.), Steven Loisel (Castro Valley, Calif.), Stephen Pons (Alameda, Calif.) and Ben Tompkins (Danville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspiration thrombectomy system including an aspiration catheter having a proximal portion, a distal end and a lumen extending through the catheter, a vacuum source fluidically coupled to the catheter, a vacuum valve connected between the vacuum source and the proximal portion of the catheter ...