US Patent Issued to Penumbra on Sept. 22 for "Computer-aided vacuum thrombectomy systems and methods for controlled clot aspiration" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,793, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Penumbra Inc. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Computer-aided vacuum thrombectomy systems and methods for controlled clot aspiration" was invented by Nicole Trosper (Fairfax, Calif.) and Stephen Pons (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspiration thrombectomy system includes an aspiration catheter having a distal end, connection tubing, controllable valves to control a level of pressure in the catheter, and pressure sensors downstream from the distal end of the aspiration catheter. A controller detects a first set of downstream pressure levels during an open flow state, detects a second set...